"It is only expensive because of the NIMBY crowd and the ear of government that they have."
This isn't true. Construction costs are by far the greatest costs. See this actually quite good summary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_new_nuclear_power_plants#Capital_costs
I'm not against nuclear power per-se but every time I read about the economics of it I remain unconvinced.
The only people who estimate figures we could live with are the people who build them. Then the costs of every single real world project blow up. There are, as of yet, no good arguments to believe this will change.