In recent years, nuclear energy has been touted in some quarters as green. Interest was reviving, even in the US, where we have not seen a new plant since Three Mile Island. However, the real reason that no one has built a nuclear power plant in the US is
cost. That and Fukashima will kill nuclear power in the US for a while. However, with oil production peaking and going into permanent decline, nuclear power will eventually look cost-effective again. Will Fukashima be forgotten by then?
