The reactors built in the 1970ties had massive delays and costs overruns making it politically nearly impossible to justify new constructions. One can argue (as the article does) that this isn’t inherent to the technology itself (but it conveniently leaves out examples of massive cost overruns and delays from this millennium), but this is what mostly killed nuclear power in the west.
I recommend reading this: https://jackdevanney.substack.com/p/nuclear-power-is-too-slow
The reactors built in the 1970ties had massive delays and costs overruns making it politically nearly impossible to justify new constructions. One can argue (as the article does) that this isn’t inherent to the technology itself (but it conveniently leaves out examples of massive cost overruns and delays from this millennium), but this is what mostly killed nuclear power in the west.