> it can be shut down in a couple years. This is true for almost any energy project nowadays. EPA regulations change and bam, you're out of business. > too ma

> it can be shut down in a couple years. This is true for almost any energy project nowadays. EPA regulations change and bam, you're out of business. > too many regulations I don't think there's "too many", but I'm very far from an expert on this. What seems evident is that a prefab reactor/plant can amortize the cost of getting approved, whereas template plants, like the AP1000 are unique every time, even if they are fundamentally very-very similar, they are not identical. Hence the need for going through all the site specific differences, and their effects on the whole system.