Obama to triple loan guarantees for nuclear reactors

[Skipjack]

From the beloved NextBigFuture blog comes this little gem.
If that is true, I would have to give the Obama administration two cudos within a single week (the other one being for axing Ares and bringing in the private companies). That is better than most politicians, I know.
Anyway, here is the link:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/01/obama- ... -loan.html

[Josh Cryer]

He's doing it to gain political capital with Republicans so they'll vote on his health care plan.

It won't build new reactors, just expand current facilities that are due to start decommissioning in 20 years.