[WildTurkey]

NO ONE is even in the planning stages for a nuclear power plant because there is literally no way to budget for one. A project that ought to cost $900 million might end up costing $7 BILLION. It HAS happened time after time in the US.

Wrong.No one has been building because natural gas has been cheap till recently and they could just order turn-key projects, where the vendor did all the construction and startup, adding capacity in small increments as needed. Apparently you are not associated with either the electrical industry or the nuclear industry.

[WildTurkey]

A project that ought to cost $900 million might end up costing $7 BILLION.

Stupid is as stupid does. There are lots of examples where nuclear projects were well run and didn't get into financial problems and excessive delays.