"A quarter century ago this week, a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island [in Pennsylvania] underwent a partial meltdown... Since that time, no American utility has dared to build a brand new nuclear power plant... [But] power blackouts, rising natural-gas prices, and concerns about greenhouse gases have changed public attitudes," writes David Francis. An Associated Press story claims [3]: "By most accounts, nuclear power is back in style." But nuclear power critics have planned 48 actions in 18 states [4] marking the Three Mile Island anniversary. An alert about nuclear industry subsidies [5] in the federal energy bill notes: "The industry trade and lobby organization, Nuclear Energy Institute [6], had contact with Vice-President Cheney's energy task force 19 times -- reportedly more than any other interest group or trade industry."