GMOs’ Nuclear Epiphany The Union of Concerned Scientists, which doesn’t always use science in its public policy positions, has historically criticized nuclear power plants. Currently, a third of those plants, 22 percent of U.S. nuclear power generation, are scheduled to retire or come offline due to non-competitiveness with gas and coal. Now the “scientists” are concerned because (duh) greenhouse gas-emitting gas and coal plants are likely to replace the nuclear plants. They want the mandates and subsidies to have them replaced instead by renewables or greater energy efficiency, but those are unlikely developments. Suddenly, nuclear’s benefits are appreciated. Someday, the same epiphany should fall upon the an...