Veritas: Got your PM, thanks. And agreed. I wanted to concur on the nuke power comment. France derives some 80% of their power from nukes, and has had good success maintaining “clean” programs regarding spent rod disposal and safety.

I like McCain’s proposal on adding new reactors. It not only moves in the direction of reducing dependence on foreign fuels, it reinvigorates the heavy engineering and heavy industrial community in the US. We need to recapture our manufacturing, engineering and heavy construction capability (including infrastructure) and this is a big step in that direction.

I work in the blast and seismic engineering field, and literally watch our engineering capabilities migrate overseas on a daily basis.