I also think that Trump may seriously look at new form of nuclear power called the molten salt reactor. If we can scale up MSR's to commercial scale, not only can we use commonly-found thorium-232 as a nuclear fuel, but use a reactor design that is essentially meltdown-proof (since the reactor is using liquid fuel to start with!) and the reactor design can be used to turn now-useless spent uranium reactor fuel rods and even plutonium from dismantled nuclear bombs as fuel--eliminating a huge nuclear waste storage problem. And the waste from such a reactor is very small in amount and only has a radioactive half-life of around 300 years, which means really cheap waste disposal in any disused salt mine (if the nuclear medicine industry doesn't grab it first!).
Pebble Bed reactors are another possibility. They don't require cooling and cannot ever have a meltdown
“I also think that Trump may seriously look at new form of nuclear power called the molten salt reactor.”
I am concerned when I read, not one, but a dozen statements similar to “Trump will (Something down in the nitty-gritty.)” A president leads by setting policy and articulating a vision. (This is why Obama’s changes made with a pen and a phone will be short-lived.) I fear we are setting ourselves up for disappointment when he fails to deliver all of the miracles we are expecting. While this speculation articulates our relief that we are not heading into “1984” (the novel) it is setting our expectations very high. I think things will get better, probably quickly. But, believe me, there will be plenty of downside he had no control over. For example, Obama dumped an unbelievable amount of cash into the economy for zero effect. The reason it had no effect is those who got the cash didn’t spend it. People, or in this case, institutions, don’t spend on disposable items or invest in plants and materials if they are terrified they may need that cash at any moment just to survive. As the Trump optimism permeates the economy that money will start to splash all over the place. Inflation will run rampant and the value of the dollar will substantially decrease. All of this disaster, caused by Obama, will appear on Trump’s watch. (Similarly, it was what Reagan did to the economy that made Bill Clinton look like a magician.)
Batten down the hatches and prepare to remain cautiously optimistic for the next four, or, hopefully, eight years.