Time for California to embrace nuclear power again?

Dry storage for nuclear waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station  (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Should next-generation nuclear reactors be part of California’s energy future?
A provocative question, given that the Golden State officially forbids construction of new nuclear facilities until the federal government figures out what the heck to do with the radioactive waste we’re already stuck with (including 3.6 million pounds on a scenic bluff ove