Complexity is good. Simplicity is bad.

That is the wisdom age brings. So if you are GREEN you should be pro-nuclear.

That said, the biggest barrier to more nuclear - the subtext and supertext of any debate - is what to do with waste.

Long-term it is to design nuclear power plants that throw of less of the milennial toxic garbage. That is why I am very interested in the fusion project now rising in the south of France. It is an unprecedented 7-nation effort to replicate the furnaces of the sun on earth. Nuclear waste to be generated by the technology - said to be ready mid-century - will last hundreds of years and not tens of thousands of years, like waste generated by today's conventional nuclear technology.

Short-term there is Yucca, the long-suffering, long-delayed federal project destined for Nevada. There has long been a debate on whether to just go with that one - Harry Reid not-withstanding - or go for two, with a second dump to be planted somewhere back East. One Allison Macfarlane, at George Mason U., geologist, said that Yucca fails to meet international standards because it may be in a region popular with future earthquakes. She says to consider creating multiple baskets for our nuclear waste eggs.

So Team Bush has just decided to tell Congress let's stick with just Yucca and avoid the distraction of looking for a second site.

Let's get on with it, say the polar bears who are not very fond of dog-paddling for long-periods in ice depleted waters...