>Nuclear power is dead for economic reasons.
I'd say that BNFL killed itself through dishonesty. They may have had a viable business otherwise.
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmtr...
https://www.wired.com/2000/02/uk-nuclear-fuel-scandal-widens...
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sellafield-crisis-...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bnfl-to-be-wound-up-by-en...