St. Petersburg Times, Fla., Robert Trigaux column

(Source: St. Petersburg Times)By Robert Trigaux, St. Petersburg Times, Fla. May 29--Big electric utilities pining to expand further into nuclear power are quietly hunkered down on purpose, conventional wisdom says.
They're biding their time until the fear and furor over Japan's nuclear disasters dim in people's memories. Later, when people clamor for more electricity in a rebounding U.S. economy, nuclear power can be repitched to the public in a more favorable light.