I would love if someone came up with a way for nuclear to make sense, but the economics are hard. It’s not just that the cost is high, but a new plant is a multi-billion dollar investment that takes 20 years to get built.
If I’m running a utility, I’m going to pick a collection of smaller, faster, low risk projects over a new reactor every time.
With a net summer capacity of 3,937 megawatts, Arizona's Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is the largest nuclear power plant, the largest net generator of electricity, and the second-largest power plant by capacity of any kind in the nation.
Natural gas, nuclear power, and coal provided 88% of Arizona's utility-scale electricity net generation in 2020.
France gets 80% of its electricity from nuclear energy. It is safe, reliable, and clean. The environmental Nazis reject nuclear period. It is the true test of whether someone is really interested in the environment or has a political agenda. Look at Merkel. Natural gas (Nordstream 2) and keeping coal are still acceptable. Reality is a bitch.