No, in France for instance it's because we were done building the first series (it doesn't make sense to build more reactors than what we've built in the 75-200

No, in France for instance it's because we were done building the first series (it doesn't make sense to build more reactors than what we've built in the 75-2000 era). In many other countries in Europe it was because of the strong public backlash against nuclear after Chernobyl , and because of the oil glut in the 80s which made fossil fuel affordable again for decades.