AirScotia: nope. Cost and the green movement's efforts at making the regulatory hurdles nearly impossible to overcome have done the trick. (This response based on feedback from a long time friend who, as nuclear engineer, spent his entire professional life dealing with nuclear energy and nuclear power plants...and a few other projects at a place in Tennessee. He's now retired in Florida).
There was a nuclear power project set to come on line in the 2010's near Victoria, Texas and ended up dying for the above reasons.
However, someone is trying again at the same site: (details in the spoiler, to come on line 2030isn with 1.5 GW power output...)
Blue Energy says its gas-to-nuclear conversion will see it power the proposed 1,600 acre Crusoe AI factory campus from 2028, with a transition to nuclear generation by 2031.
Jake Jurewicz, Blue Energy Co-Founder and CEO, said: "This partnership with AI infrastructure leader Crusoe marks a key milestone for Blue Energy as we work to meet rising global energy demand and, for the first time in the nuclear industry's history, build a plant with cost and schedule certainty. We're proud to be working with Port of Victoria leaders to establish our footprint in Texas and look forward to engaging with local and regional partners, including the City of Victoria and nearby Bloomington, as we take steps to build the world’s first project-financed nuclear power plant."
Andrew Likens, Crusoe Vice President of Energy Infrastructure and Development, said: "Blue Energy’s gas-to-nuclear approach delivers exactly what we need: unrivalled speed to market using existing fuel sources, combined with a clear, rapid transition to the massive, carbon-free baseload power that only nuclear power can provide. This partnership demonstrates how we’re building the future of AI sustainably and at scale."
In other news about Nuclear Power: Iran may have taken the attitude of "if we can't have it, you can't have it" with this recent drone attack...
A drone strike sparked a fire at the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday, raising fresh fears over the fragility of the current U.S.-Iran truce and the risks posed to critical infrastructure across the Gulf.
Officials said there was no evidence of elevated radiation levels following the incident and confirmed the fire was contained without injuries.
The fire broke out in an electrical generator outside of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant’s inner perimeter, according to local authorities and United Nations experts.
The four-reactor site, which is the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant, sits southwest of the city of Al Dhannah and west of the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi. It generates about a quarter of the country’s entire electricity supply. No one was reported injured and emergency diesel generators kicked in to provide power to one of the reactor units, according to officials.
All units are operating normally and the blaze did not impact safety or radiation levels at the site, Abi Dhabi’s media office said in a statement.