The only reason that Nuclear is 'unprofitable' is that other sources of power have been given subsidies or have not been assessed penalties for pollution (and I am not talking about carbon.) If Solar was not subsidized it would not be profitable (in fact if it was taxed based on the pollution it causes in the manufacturing process, it would be totally run off the market.) The same for wind... it would not make it on its own and if it keeps killing birds (particularly eagles) it will never recover from the black eye it will get from the environmentalists that are currently supporting it. And lets not forget that they both need backup power sources (i.e. fossil fuels.)
I would be in favor of removing ALL subsidies... but if not, then you have to include nuclear in the game, too. Not for the nukes, but for the sake of the environment (not to mention just for the sake of logic and fairness, but I know our government has no sense of either.)
To save the planet for our children and theirs we need to stop burning fossil fuels to create electricity (we also shold stop the foolishness of burning food to replace gasoline when a significant portion of the planet is starving.) To replace fossil fuels TODAY we need nuclear. If it costs money to save the planet, OK, we should do that. Its not about carbon, either. Not burning fossil fuels will reduce all kinds of pollution including, as counterintuitive as it may be to some, airborne radioactive material pollution.
If we throw away nuclear power we are making things far worse in almost every respect. Should we move to a Fusion/Hydrogen/Wind/Solar/whatever-technology-is next system when we can? Sure. Are we ready to do that today? Not even close. Should we stop burrning fossil fuels TODAY? YES! But we are neither advanced enough nor smart enough nor coordinated enough nor driven enough to do that. I am old enough that I will likely not live to see the ultimate results of our stupidiity, but I am very sorry for the next couple of generations and hope that they are smarter than we have been so they can produce generations after that. Dramatic? Maybe. But I am afriad if nothing is done soon, I am not far off the mark.
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