Until we can design a Nuclear Plant that will not “melt down” with a sudden and total lose of power (including cooling power) then nuclear is just a horrible accident waiting to happen. We will need something like a thorium reactor to make nuclear power safe.
Imagine a solar storm or some other disaster taking out the US grid, now imagine 100 Fukushima’s happening all across the USA. No thank you.
Yes, it’s happened so often...
NOT.