Are we all going nuclear?

Jared Diamond has apparently endorsed exploration into nuclear energy as a potential alternative in the post-Peak Oil world we about about to enter.

"[T]o deal with our energy problems we need everything available to us, including nuclear power." Nuclear, he added, should simply be "done carefully, like they do in France, where there have been no accidents."

Hmm?

I'm reading Collapse right now - more on that later - and am somewhat surprised to hear this. One of the main stories of Collapse is the law of unintended consequences. Seems like nuclear power has plenty of those.

Admittedly, saying that we should use everything available isn't necessarily a ringing endorsement of nuclear energy per se, but is nonetheless a frightening one.