Missouri Seeks to Become Global Producer of Small Nuclear Reactors

[FBaggins]

4. Hardly.

Have these guys not picked up a newspaper or read a public opinion poll about nuclear power recently?

You mean like this one?

Americans Still Favor Nuclear Power a Year After Fukushima

Majority also still sees nuclear power as safe
http://www.gallup.com/poll/153452/americans-favor-nuclear-power-year-fukushima.aspx

Just as importantly, support isn't homogeneous across the country. There are plenty of places where there's plenty of support... and a new generation of smaller/safer/cheaper reactors can only help.