>> It's no longer cost competitive If you compare apples to oranges it is not. Once you start to compare apples to apples it is very competitive. What do I mea

>> It's no longer cost competitive If you compare apples to oranges it is not. Once you start to compare apples to apples it is very competitive. What do I mean by this? People like to compare nuclear to wind or solar. There is a fundamental difference. Wind or solar is not controlled by the energy demand while a nuclear power plat's energy production is. This is why you cannot compare them. If you talk about solar or renewables you should talk about: - the production part (solar panels or wind mills) - the energy storage part (some sort of batteries or pumped-storage hydroelectricity) - if you do not want to build either batteries of pumped-storage then you have to build in the same amount of quickly accessible power source (this is natural gas turbines mostly) There are few other challenges: - solar or windmills require massive amount of construction because the energy density is very low - the damage to nature with windmills especially is bad (there is preemptive maintenance during animal activity for many of the windmills) - weather can damage these facilities - the lifetime of windmills or solar panels are much shorter than nuclear power plant lifetimes Given all these and the general public's hatred towards nuclear energy largely fuelled by politicians many countries shut down research into nuclear with very few exceptions. Instead, these countries invested billions into renewables without much success yet. I think soon we are going to be at a tipping point when this whole circus ends and we are going to get back on track with nuclear which is much needed in the coming of space era.