[TomK32]

Or we have become stupid enough to start projects that in the case of nuclear power plants are mostly over budget, over time and with the unsolved long-term problem of nuclear waste. Imagine all that money back then invested into solar research and building wind farms.

[pydry]

It wouldnt keep happening were it not for the military wanting to share a supply chain and skills base with a civilian nuclear power industry.

That's why some countries gain and then lose interest in nuclear power as well - e.g. Poland has recently and suddenly gained interest in it because of Russia.