US officials tout newly-announced plans to achieve a tripling of nuclear energy by 2050 as a bipartisan project able to survive the incoming administration of Donald Trump. "The United States is driving a new nuclear energy comeback," says Ali Zaidi, White House National Climate Advisor, adding "we are aiming to deploy 200 gigawatts of net new nuclear capacity by 2050, more than tripling US nuclear capacity." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES