A mix of politics, historical nuclear industry in-fighting, 9/11-terrorism-godzilla paranoia and oil industry lobbying make nuclear development very difficult.

A mix of politics, historical nuclear industry in-fighting, 9/11-terrorism-godzilla paranoia and oil industry lobbying make nuclear development very difficult. It's also made nuclear power one of the safest and cleanest sources of power in the States. China and India are very aggressively pursuing Thorium reactors though, which risks putting the West at another energy competitive disadvantage within decades.