Reel$$: What do you think is going to recharge electric vehicles? Wind? Solar? If combatting AGW is your goal, here is Dr. James Hansen's opinion of that (starts on pg 5 of the pdf): http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2011/20110729_BabyLauren.pdf If you want to replace coal plants in places where an AP1000 is too big (due to grid size, load demands, transmission capabilities, etc), then a SMR is what you need. While Westinghous may be owned by a Toshiba, all the mfr'ing (except large Rx vessels) is done in the US. for the AP1000, 90% of the components are made in the US. Even the 16 Rx Coolant Pumps going to the first four AP1000's under construction in China are mfr'ed here.