> Nuclear. Start-up of the fourth reactor (1.1 GW) at Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear power plant I checked the Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogtle_Electric_Generating_Pla... > Two additional units utilizing Westinghouse AP1000 reactors were under construction since 2009, with Unit 3 being completed in July 2023.[9][10][11] This last report blames the latest increase in costs on the contractor not completing wor…
I'm guessing because there was no step in the process where it seemed like a better idea to stop construction and have spent whatever costs so far to get nothing of value, rather than accept the cost increase and end up with high availability, somewhat dispatchable generation.
There's not a lot of new projects in nuclear, because construction costs are high and subject to cost overruns as projects get delayed, and delays seem inevitable. That's why there's all the talk of modular nuclear and what not. If it was feasible to build these plants on time and on budget, the generation parameters are good --- doesn't use much fuel, tends to be available outside of scheduled maintenance, can modulate generation to follow demand, if the economics make sense (as-is, most of the plant expenses are fixed cost, so you may as well generate as much as you can to amortize the cost over more kWh)