More Words, Deeper Hole

It sounds like a very excellent idea, as long as the design is like those of the pebble-bed reactors, where even a total coolant failure cannot result in a meltdown. OTOH, if the design is not as safe as that, then even if people use these things, they'll stop the first time one of them spews all manner of radiation around the vicinity. I'd love to see more nuclear power, as long as it's safe, well-designed, nuclear power.

In other news, solar isn't doing badly either, with $1 a watt solar power now being manufactured. Of course, I don't know how environmentally safe the manufacturing process is for the cells, so nuclear might be a considerably better option.