Or as Thomas Edison once put it:
“We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.”
Yes, but Thomas Edison was right about that. Burning candles in 2008 is either for ambiance reasons or for generating scents in the house. If we want real light today, we turn on the electricity.
Nuclear power may never become too cheap to meter (especially for Aluminium factories) but it may:
1) Become cheaper than alternative sources (very likely)
2) Become more effective to be charged as a flat monthly fee for a typical residential household with lines that max at 200A (possible)
3) Become significantly cheaper than it is now if we could recycle the waste without a bunch of technology hating commies throwing roadblocks in the way of people who want to actually accomplish things!