"Nuclear Socialism"

Dr. Bob Allen, a professor of chemistry at Arkansas Tech University, writes in an op-ed published in Arkansas's Courier News that the entire history of nuclear power in the U.S., from federal R&D subsidies to catastrophic accident liability coverage provided by taxpayers, represents "European Style Socialism." He concludes that "Nuclear power may have a future, but only with a massive federal bureaucracy to control it and massive taxpayer subsidization to sustain it. This is definitely not a prescription for limited government and low taxes..."