Me too, however I have thoroughly unsuccessful in getting anyone in the legislature past the word 'nuclear.' Once, during a moment of lucid depression about the energy picture, someone pointed out that the Indiana legislature once tried to change the value of Pi to 3.2 to make it "easier to deal with." [1] It was suggested that if we could get a liquid thorium process redefined as a 'fossil fuel' then perhaps we could get permits to build 'new' fossil fuel power plants.

The UK has an interesting thorium program as well and that may yet yield the needed 'proof of concept' that we don't have in the US (nor can we get funding to build).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill