Cheap natural gas , Fukushima and no one has hurt the ` ` nuclear renaissance '' Some new reactors are being built , but others are shut down or being canceled . `` Looking back as sort of an armchair quarterback , it really turns out the nuclear industry needed some kind of cap-and-trade or strong carbon regulation to get back off the ground , '' said David Solan , director of the Energy Policy Institute at Idaho 's Boise State University . The nuclear weapons ` ` got hit between the eyes , '' former NRC commissioner says .
Cheap natural gas , Fukushima and no one has hurt the ` ` nuclear renaissance '' Some new reactors are being built , but others are shut down or being canceled . The nuclear weapons ` ` got hit between the eyes , '' former NRC commissioner says .