Top Nuclear Firm In USA Confirms -- No New Nuclear Plants to Be Built in USA

Laughably they blame it on the plant's size and security.   Not on the extreme danger of the technology itself, and the never ending headache, and heartache cause by intentionally released radiation and the used fuel which is the most dangerous thing around.  

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2018-04-16/exelon-official-no-new-nuclear-plants-to-be-built-in-the-us

Because of the plants' size and security needs, the costs become prohibitive.

He kind of links the success of renewable on the continued existence of the current nuclear plants.

If the existing nuclear units in the U.S. can continue to operate and the technology can be developed to store energy created by renewable resources, despite the current economic issues, "then we won't need" new nuclear units and "we won't build them because they'll be too expensive," he said.