Is the Obama Administration Really Serious About Nuclear Power? October 14, 2010 Scott Thomasson view bio Scott Thomasson is the domestic policy director for the Progressive Policy Institute. by Scott Thomasson

By all accounts, this controversy appears to be simply a fight between budget bureaucrats that needs to be hashed out publicly and resolved. But a less benign interpretation might suggest a deliberate bias among those in the administration in favor of spending loan guarantee dollars on renewable energy at the expense of nuclear projects.