> Nukes are mature tech. No surprises coming.
That is just complete nonsense.
I think you are mixing up standard light water technology with nuclear power.
A common mistake but also complete nonsense.
I would highly advice you actually study nuclear power and nuclear reactor technology.
I believe the same as you do now because I was ignorant about the technology, the I actually engaged with it.
> If you got approval to build one, you would get no power for ten years, minimum.
Again, this is not even true for PWRs if you built more then 1 every other decade.
And the type of reactors I am talking about are totally different and require less then 10% the amount of resources and far smaller build project. They have no cooling towers and don't use any low heat steam power.
A single factory mass producing nuclear modular nuclear vessels has a far higher potential energy density then anything else imaginable. The first principles are not really in question.