Why Nuclear?

I remember it was in 90's that the excuse for nuclear propulsion changed drastically.
When I was a child teachers used to tell me "Nuclear power should be promoted because the amount of oil is limited". However as soon as people recognized that oil and natural gas are more abundance than they had imagined the excuse was substituted abruptly by "global warming".
As some of you may be aware the real reason is not such a peaceful one. A country which can run nuclear power plants can easily develop the technology to manufacture an atomic bomb in case it is required. That's why Japan has been eagerly promoting nuclear power.
In this sense Japanese electric power companies including TEPCO, which is struggling with uncontrollable monsters (they used to be called nuclear reactors) at Fukushima, might have been victims.

from Tokyo