Economic Failure
According the American business magazine 'Forbes', "The failure of the US nuclear power program ranks as the largest managerial disaster in business history"2.
Early hopes of cheap nuclear energy were based on an expectation that whilst nuclear power stations would be more expensive than fossil fuel plants, their running and maintenance costs would be extremely low. Experience has shown that the early optimism was totally misplaced.
The cost of nuclear activity at all levels has exceeded those early predictions. …
