In "the first time a president has stepped inside a nuclear plant since Jimmy Carter [3] rushed to Three Mile Island in 1979 to calm public fears," George Bush [4] visited Maryland's Calvert Cliffs plant to promote "a new era of nuclear power [5]." Part of the president's plan is to subsidize new plants. "Three consortiums of utilities are getting $539 million in taxpayer subsidies ... to seek nuclear construction licenses." The Senate energy bill would provide a further $10.1 billion to the nuclear industry [6], according to Public Citizen [7]. Another sign of nuclear resurgence, writes the Los Angeles Times, is decreased opportunities for public input. "Under the old system, a nuclear utility first had to apply for a construction license and then seek a separate operating license after completing the plant. It gave protesters two chances to tie up a utility. Now, a single license is granted at the beginning."