> > the only future for nuclear is going to be small, cheaper reactors that are quick to construct > But even those will be nonstarters unless the regulatory e

> > the only future for nuclear is going to be small, cheaper reactors that are quick to construct > But even those will be nonstarters unless the regulatory environment is fixed. Nuclear has always been held to much, much stricter standards than any other energy source, for no good reason. The stricter standards are addressable. What's missing from the above is the word "standardized". As it is, practically every large reactor built is a custom implementation. Smaller, cheaper, standardized reactors that are built in a dedicated facility (I'm not sure "factory" is quite right) and then shipped to the installation site should fix that problem.