The problem with nuclear energetics in the EU is multifaceted. Suffice to say that the biggest proven reserves of uranium and thorium ores lay in (surprise!) Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and China, and the most competent designer of modern nuclear reactors is Rosatom. You are free to imagine their sincere desire of helping European customers in times of the modern equivalent of European Bronze Age collapse…

Sure, alternative suppliers, designers and builders exist, but their services are often of inferior quality, that’s why, for example, the chronically postponed Olkiluoto-3 in Finland cost bigger than LHC (11 billion euros).