Kind of an important point:

It turns out that Osaka-based steel-making giant Japan Steel Works Ltd … is also the world’s only maker of ultra-large forgings, a crucial component in the construction of most new nuclear reactors …

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Japan Steel, for example, is currently equipped to supply only five reactor forging sets each year, with each set including an ultra-large forging.

So, the nuclear industry that shills sources have assured us is ready to leap in to action with ridiculous modest subsidies to avert global warming can currently build a grand total of … five reactors a year?

That’s a little short of one a month.