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55 new nuke plants being built and plenty more being uprated with 165 being  uprated in the USA alone.
Nuke plants get retired due to operational lifespan being met and its estimated that 123 will be retired by 2040 but 308 will come online.
Source the World Nuclear Association...

With breathtaking cynicism and through a callous military lens, let me put on my devil's advocate hat for a moment with an obtuse view on nuclear energy.

Were I an enemy, a geographically distant enemy (or perhaps a terrorist), of a nation with nuclear power plants, I'd only need to destroy/sabotage them to get real 'bang for my buck'. Not only would I cause power supply issues but I'd have released some pretty harmful (to say the least) particles into their air/environment. And then when they were deploying enormous resources to limit the damage... they'd be weakened and primed for another strike.

Every power source has its pros and cons. None is a panacea. Just like our elections, so much is about choosing the lesser of the available evils (in a non-biblical sense).

Okay, the cynical cap is now off... phew... that was depressing! Right, onto more important issues... I wonder how our new look defense will stand up to the Dawks today?