Call me a cynic, but I agree with you. It is all part of the Left's plan to destroy the economy of this country.
NOTE! We cannot sustain summer air conditioning loads without the base generating capacity of our nuclear plants. There just aren't enough megawatts without them. A shutdown of all nuclear reactors in the US would mean rolling blackouts and no air conditioning for a lot of folks. We're talking French-level malfeasance.
How much you wanna bet that Obama lackeys at the NRC will find problems at reactors only in swing states - so he can appeal to their irrational fears.