Nuclear is LUDICROUSLY capital-intensive. Ever wonder why the Internet is PACKED with pro-nuclear propaganda and advocacy and literally no pro-conventional power advocacy? Because throwing up a combined-cycle gas plant in a fraction of the cost and time isn’t going to pay for the careers of an army of university departments, community managers, consultants, inspectors, etc. Fossil fuel power is simply much more economically efficient today, so private industry can put it up without needing to get a gigantic bag from the government. The reason why OP and all the other midwits think they like nuclear is because the internet propaganda pipeline told them to like it. In reality combined-cycle gas is the hot thing now that fracking has basically solved the supply issue.