A political payoff to a 'nuke only' power company that employed Rahm and backed 'cap & trade"; and which stands to make huge profits with 'cap & trade' because of it's competitive advantage over the coal based power companies.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2456041/posts?page=12#12
Yes, I'm aware of the Nuclear industries, support of this ridiculous cap and trade legislation. But it doesn't mean that nuclear isn't one of the right technologies that is needed now.
It just means we need to open up competition because right now the nuclear industry is run by people who would wreck the country for their own personal gain.