Why is the nuclear power industry stagnant?
It has nothing to do with economics, nuclear energy is stagnant because the industry is a regulatory hell. From eia.gov:Of the 104 operating nuclear power reactors in the United States:The last construction permit for a nuclear power plant was issued in 1978 for Progress Energy Inc.'s Shearon Harris plant, near Raleigh, North Carolina.The last operating license for a nuclear power plant was issued in 1996 to the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 1, near Spring City, Tennessee after initial construction began in 1973.