Carter outlawed the Plutonium economy, Reagan permitted it. Democrats campaigned to shut down the FFTF. Ralph Nader led opposition to new plants like Seabrook and Diablo Canyon. Business interests, then represented by Republicans, complained that nuclear power was regulated too much.
There have always been exceptions. Atomic Rod operated nuclear reactors in the land of submarines and was so impressed by the experience that he's become an evangelist for small modular reactors. He's a Democrat, even if he sees everything as nuke vs anti-nuke.
