There are plenty of countries that see nuclear power as viable and are investing and planning to invest in new ones so nuclear is alive and well in places outside the US, especially China. Plus certain countries that were supposedly going to shutter all their nuke plants are reconsidering. Seems obvious to me nuclear is alive in parts of the rest of the world. I'm saying nuclear can possibly make a comeback in the US within 20 years. Old single unit low output plants shutting down doesn't signal the coming of death of nuclear power in my book. Neither do damaged plants costing billions to overhaul. Fukushima was bad press for nuclear recently but let's see what happens if 10 more years go by without another major problem. I think we are undecided in the US and depending on world nuclear safety record, middle east volatility, natural gas production/prices in North America, World Energy consumption overall, new worldwide fossil fuel discoveries, fossil fuel greenhouse gas production technology Nuclear Technology/Uranium price and availability, greenhouse gas stance (US and world), US political climate and green technology advancement; there is plenty of room for US nuclear to either fail or succeed.
