“No reason why” - there are many reasons, and it’s why they have become more expensive. It’s not clear that nuclear is more reliable than any other similar mon

“No reason why” - there are many reasons, and it’s why they have become more expensive. It’s not clear that nuclear is more reliable than any other similar monetary investment. People like to compare “wind that only blows 40% of the time” with nuclear, but you can build three or more farms for the cost of your single nuclear plant, so it’s not that hard to end up ahead. There’s a great comparison of that in one of the top level comments on this post.