The construction of nuclear power plants has virtually stopped, due to regulatory redtape, safety issues, and world economies.
In the UK, I read that their government is in favor of privately built plants, although it seems uncertain that any one group will engage in such an undertaking. Construction in the U.S. stalled in the 1970s.
One website concludes with this comment: "
Some analysts argue that the stagnation of the nuclear-power industry should be attributed primarily to economics, rather than to political opposition." http://science.jrank.org/pages/4745/...-concerns.html
There are safety concerns, and there will always be safety concerns. The major accident in the U.S. - Three Mile Island - occurred in 1979. Perhaps the most famous accident was at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant near Kiev in the Ukraine, where the top of the containment building blew off. That was in 1986.
I'm just wondering if nuclear power is a feasible alternative anymore, considering cost, political opposition, and danger.
Don