Nuclear Power Is Back? How Regulation Nearly Killed America's Most Reliable Clean Energy

A few years ago, nuclear power looked doomed. Plants shut down, and people cheered. --------------------------------- To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib... --------------------------------- NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo even bragged about shutting down a nuclear plant "14 years ahead of schedule." People applauded. “Why would they applaud?" asks Ray Rothrock, a former nuclear engineer who now invests in nuclear energy, "You got to be kidding me.” Rothrock advocates for nuclear power because he says it’s clean and reliable. He’s met with presidents to explain that. But nothing ever changed, until now. President Trump has ordered regulators to speed up approval of new nuclear plants. In the video above, we cover nuclear power’s comeback, how regulators nearly killed it, and debunk the activists’ ridiculous scares.