This - I see comments strawmanning "environmentalists" and "activists" stopping nuclear power in these threads. I find it hard to believe that activism would su

This - I see comments strawmanning "environmentalists" and "activists" stopping nuclear power in these threads. I find it hard to believe that activism would successfully block almost all nuclear construction for decades in the US and EU. Environmentalists are against fracking, coal, oil and pipelines, yet these sources have managed to be built pretty much endlessly since the dawn of the movement. GE, Westinghouse and others in nuclear industry are hardly unfamiliar with lobbying and getting things done in almost any other industry. There is a lot of money to be made if nuclear was as cheap as some claim. Instead the nuclear power plant operators in North America and the EU lobby for new government subsidies instead: https://energynews.us/2019/04/24/midwest/ohio-nuclear-subsidy-bill-designed-to-undermine-wind-and-solar-experts-say/ https://energynews.us/2019/04/24/midwest/ohio-nuclear-subsid... https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/05/30/ontarios-misguided-love-affair-with-nuclear-power.html https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/05/30/ontari... https://www.reuters.com/article/europe-nuclear-energy-idUSL6N0FP2P820130719 https://www.reuters.com/article/europe-nuclear-energy-idUSL6... A plant expansion under construction in Georgia is expected to cost $27 billion for construction alone! Imagine how much wind/solar/storage that could buy, at a much faster speed. https://www.ajc.com/business/after-wrangling-over-georgia-nuclear-plant-cost-concerns-remain/9iGHX9Ugo7QPkli9LoqGbM/ https://www.ajc.com/business/after-wrangling-over-georgia-nu...