the project required approvals from state, local, and federal entities—and getting those permits required surveys of over 40,000 acres of land for environmental impacts and 60,000 acres of land for cultural impacts.
The environmental impact reports are probably the worse part of the red tape against green energy projects, especially nuclear, because anyone can sue to stop everything based on those reports. Lawyers can also get paid by the government for suing under the guise of environmental justice.
Before the U.S will ever wean itself off of fossil fuels it will have to contend with the unintended consequences of environmental karens.