I do think significantly cheaper nuclear power with the best of modern fail safe systems and overall safety are possible from an engineering standpoint, but tha

I do think significantly cheaper nuclear power with the best of modern fail safe systems and overall safety are possible from an engineering standpoint, but that we are just really bad at managing the capital requirements/expenditures because it is such an obviously large and expensive and complex project, and it needs to happen multiple times in a row with constant production to bring costs down. And with all the political, financial, legal, and managerial problems that slow these things down, by time the first plant is finished it is so far behind that the guys that made all the mistakes and redid and learned and improved processes at the start of construction the first time around have been out of that job or work for 10 years and moved on and aren't available for building a second plant. And the guys doing the final construction on the plant and learned and improved processes and fixed mistakes and flaws won't have a second plant to work on until atleast 10 years down the road so they have to move on too. Its not like the guys digging the foundations and pouring concrete are the same guys that in the middle that are laying down electrical equipment or the guys at the end of the project hooking up and testing all the equipment and sensors or planning the management of a radiologically monitored and secured environment.