Huh, and here I thought TMI, Chernobyl and Fu-koshima had something to do with it....
All that said, nukes are the most expensive way to generate power right now. Advanced nuclear comes in at 8 c/kw, and combined solar / storage at a nickel. Solar alone is 3 c and under, wind at 4 c, combined cycle gas at 4 c.
The lowest steady supply generation is geothermal.
Why nukes if they are twice as expensive as standalone solar, and 60% more expensive that solar / storage combined?
(see Table 1b at
https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/pdf/electricity_generation.pdf)
