Every time one of these posts go up, I hear the same arguments about nuclear power. The problem is that the utility companies in the US who make the decision ab

Every time one of these posts go up, I hear the same arguments about nuclear power. The problem is that the utility companies in the US who make the decision about what kind of power plant to build are all backing away from nuclear. And they know more about this than you or I as it is their business to know. These companies have alot of good reasons for doing so, but they all boil down to the overall cost of nuclear being more expensive than any other alternative. Some of this is regulatory, and you can possibly loosen those, but alot of it just has to do with a lack of suitable sites and current plant designs which are based around the idea of providing huge amounts of capacity to large population centers. There are only a few types of utility companies that fit the bill in the US, and they already got one in most cases. Theoretically, you could have designs that provide smaller amounts of power distributed over a wider area, but then you have security concerns, and no matter what design you use, they all require access to a large body of water for cooling purposes, which means you can only make them so small in terms of area. While solar is not able to provide as much energy per plant, it can be scaled to fit the needs of the utility company and doesn't require as much in the way of extra infrastructure and has fewer regulations. So it will always be used by a broader range of electricity providers even if we were to work to replace some coal with equivalent nuclear capacity.