Remains to be seen

While it is comforting that the Energy Secretary, Dr. Steven Chu, has taken a bold position within the Obama position to promote nuclear energy as part of the mix, it remains to be seen what the President himself will support. Remember his speech in October 2008 in New Hampshire, where he described the "only" problem with nuclear energy, "that they might go boom and blow up, like a nuclear bomb."

Obama's own nuclear problem with Republican Senators is that his agenda for the future has already blown up. Given that Obama must find some common ground with his adversaries to build from, nuclear energy development is the only issue Republican's support (almost universally), with huge potential government program, already on the table, strategic in a geo-political world. Remember, even Iran is building new Russion nuclear plants, and the U.S. is sorely behind virtually every other Western country with new nuclear design development and licensing.

So for U.S. nuclear programs now the question is, will they be a June Bride in 2010 -- or left at the alter again as green steals the show for federal funding and support. Don't hold your breath. Instead, hang onto your pants.....