Why aren’t there nuclear power plants being built to help us with our energy needs?
I am not sure if I can say it better. Public opinion has really hindered US nuclear power production. France and Japan mainly rely on nuclear power because really have no sufficient amount of resources, fossil fuels, or other means for electrically. That is pretty much why the US doesn’t have that many plants built. Do realize that 20% of US electricity is by nuclear. Utility companies are slow at making plants because 1. Lack of public support. 2. Not many companies are able to produces the things for large scale plant production. If you want to have a reactor vessel built, then there is only one place in the world that can do it. Its somewhere in Japan. You got to take a ticket and get a line like the rest of the world. Japan and France sit on the latest nuclear reactor technologies. 3. Need for more engineers in nuclear. Oil companies have pushed up recruiting efforts and internship stipends to make sure they retain their share of engineers. The shortage is so bad some nuclear engin
