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A lot of the problem is that the American public in general has grouped nuclear power with nuclear weapons. That has created a stigma on nuclear power that is does not deserve.
Necessity has dictated that the French got their act together over the last 60 years. If you think about it their country was demolished during WWII, and nearly collapsed during the 50s. It is true that the US and England liberated them in WWII, and the US bailed them out in the 50s, but during that time we should have been paying attention to what they were doing. They have employed a lot of great "realistic" answers to a lot of their problems. Their use of nuclear power is only one example.
I will also say that we have found out that the US Dept of Energy is the last one who needs to be running our nuclear power plants. It may sound odd, but if you look at their track record the best ones to run our power plants is most likely the US Navy. Our Navy has more reactors than the rest of the world combined. Some of our ships have more than one aboard.
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