[treypitt]

that's just America, and its not just nuclear, it's civil engineering & construction projects of all kind that have ballooned in complexity and cost due to myriad political and regulatory causes. France can build reactors cheaply and easily due to standardized reactor designs; I'm not sure the US has ever replicated a reactor build (ie, every reactor is built in a different & unique way)

[avar]

> France can build reactors cheaply and easily[...]

It can? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamanville_Nuclear_Power_Plan...

[WhereIsTheTruth]

They can, this one project is just the exception, it was a failure since the start (collaboration between France and Germany, Germany later ditched it in favor of their solar panel projects.. )

[ZeroGravitas]

> France can build reactors cheaply and easily due to standardized reactor designs

Your information on french reactor building prowes is several decades out of date.