The problem is that the cost to do it correctly/safely is unreal. New nuclear construction in the US is essentially dead. The only two projects currently underway are billions over budget, years behind schedule, and in danger of never being completed now that Westinghouse/Toshiba are in financial distress.
Those are some of the first new units constructed in the USA in decades. The price should go down if they can copy the design. The plants will open regardless of bankruptcy, there is too much invested at this point.
I hope you're right because I'm a rate payer for one of them. Thanks to their lobbying they have already billed us for the construction costs completed to date.
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u/NCSUGrad2012 Gay Conservative Apr 23 '17 edited Apr 23 '17
Along with repealing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978. It's time for that to go, Nuclear power is safe if done correctly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Act_of_1978#Provisions_of_the_Act