/sci/ - Science & Math

Why have western countires lost the ability to build nuclear powerplants?
There are dozens and dozens of nuclear powerplants sprinkled all over Europe and the US, yet the majority of them are from the last century. Recent nuclear projects in the US, the UK and Scandinavia, if not cancelled prematurely, have all gone multiple times over their budget, been delayed by years or decades and none of them have been completed.
Asian countries can do it. Fucking India is building nuclear powerplants and they haven't figured out how to shit in a toilet.
What is going on? Corruption (stealing funds, leeching contractors)? Overregulation? Incompetent planning? A combination of all?

How come nations become seemingly less capable of completing large-scale, complex infrastructure projects in a satisfactory fashion the more wealthy and technologically advanced they become? What can be done about it?