recognition of nuclear energy in union address, page-6

President Obama tonight made it clear that he supports not only solar, but nuclear energy as a "clean" energy technology.
Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi applaud President Barack Obama during his State of the Union Address. (Photo courtesy The White House)

"To create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. That means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country," the President said. He did not mention how at least 77,000 tons of nuclear waste now temporarily stored at more than 100 sites around the country will be handled now that the Yucca Mountain nuclear disposal site will not be used due to safety concerns.

Forgot to post this the other day...timely in view of nuclear waste reference above.

Breakthrough in nuclear waste clean-up!