In these threads there are always people explaining how expensive nuclear power is.

Please remind me how my native country Sweden could build so many reactors for cheap in the 70s? Because to me it is evident that political decisions have killed European(and American) nuclear industry, thus creating this catch 22 where making new nuclear power is expensive because how expensive it is...

Nuclear power has been an outstanding success for Sweden, despite the irrational pushback. It could have been an even greater success...