"No, unless by "excessive regulation" you mean the fact that the industry is exposed to the same liability for unconsented harms done to third parties that ever

"No, unless by "excessive regulation" you mean the fact that the industry is exposed to the same liability for unconsented harms done to third parties that every other industry is; because exemption from that liability is what the industry keeps lobbying for as the thing necessary to make it worthwhile to invest in new plants." Fossil fuel electricity generation kills an estimated 200,000 people a year worldwide. How many nuclear energy related deaths have happened since Fukushima (2011)? Approximately zero. Nothing is perfect, but nuclear is the safest form of baseline, reliable power we have. A whole lot of propaganda (and stupidity) is holding it back. The waste problem is easily solvable given the will to do so, and I'm optimistic that Yucca Mountain will be restarted given the current political climate. If not, there's always the mid-Pacific subduction zone. Regardless, there's a great need for improved nuclear power technology until the time that a better high-density energy source becomes practical.