A lot of the cost is because of things like LNT. We require them to be absurdly cautious, beyond reason, and require tons of bureaucracy that drive the cost and time line to ridiculous levels. This is on purpose. This is all manufactured to prevent nuclear power from out competing dirty energy. We need to remove a lot of this so it can compete on even footing. We don’t require the same oversight for coal plants, even though they produce more radioactive waste, for example. It isn’t reasonable to compare the costs, as they are in the US, to each other.