Well, the nuclear renaissance since 2010 is marked by a decline in the number of reactors [0] and we just do not the capacity to build more, because the product

Well, the nuclear renaissance since 2010 is marked by a decline in the number of reactors [0] and we just do not the capacity to build more, because the production of pressure vessels is severely limited. Plus most nuclear reactors are around 30 years old [1], so many will be decommissioned over the next 20 years. Therefore it is simply not possible to build up the share of nuclear in the power generation mix, except with extending the operation time of light water reactors (from a design lifetime of 30 years), or build reactors without a pressure vessel, that is something akin to an RMBK. Right now, over the next 20 years the clean alternatives are solar, wind and hydro. Nuclear power can at the earliest be expanded in the late 2030, at which point it has to compete with fusion, and hopefully orbiting solar. [0] http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/facts-and-figures/reactor-database.aspx http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/facts-and-f... (has actually just the total electricity number, [1] http://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/n/nuclear-power-plant-world-wide.htm http://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/n/nuclear-power...