[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

This leapt out: "...as policymakers consider expanding subsidies...."

Looks like the same old game wrapped in new ribbon and paper.

Based on our energy bills, the energy companies do NOT need "expanding subsidies." Just get out of the way -- government -- and they will do as they can and need to do.

[cpdiii]

The U.S. remains without a long-term solution for storing radioactive waste, safety regulators are under pressure from Congress to approve designs and there are serious questions about industry claims that the smaller reactors are efficient, safe and reliable, said Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Actually we do. The left wing anti nuclear power have killed several proposals with scare tactics. The left is basically Anti-American in its present form of government. Their logic is, "if it hurts America it is good."