The problem is labor productivity. Nuclear power plants require huge amounts of manpower for construction, suppliers and state supervisory authorities. Nuclear

The problem is labor productivity. Nuclear power plants require huge amounts of manpower for construction, suppliers and state supervisory authorities. Nuclear power is cheap where it can be built with very cheap labor (China until 2015), but quickly exceeds the budget when wages rise, as can currently be seen in China. PV modules have long been manufactured in fully automated factories, and even 131m rotor blades are now produced with the help of industrial robots. Small units allow for a large number of innovative competitors, resulting in astonishing scaling effects. In contrast, the nuclear industry suffers from monopoly-like structures which, coupled with regulatory requirements, extremely delay innovation. This makes it difficult or even impossible for the nuclear industry to regain the ground it has lost.