Same old story... there is no 'Nuclear Power Industry' only a minor subset of the 'Electricity Generation Industry' that only accounts for 20% (and falling) of our national capacity. The way to promote nuclear is to compare it to the other 80% and, in the process, show how bad the traditional methods of generating power are. If you owned a utility would you rather replace the 20% that the public already fears or the 80% that they don't know well enough to fear?
in the big picture there is more fear (and control) to be had with closing the nuke plants,....
if you close the plants the only viably reliable alternative is natural gas,....
with natural gas the emissions will climb,....
with climbing emissions you stoke "climate change" hysteria,...
with hysteria you can pass ever more laws and ever more control over people's daily lives,....
including "sin taxes" for those who contribute more than their "fair share" to climate change but can afford to do so,...
you don't get any of that with nuclear,...