Although the majority of the Japanese public opposes nuclear power, it is extremely difficult for the Economics Ministry to agree to the no-nuke pledge.
Fourteen years of no-new-nuke-orders later, uranium mining's drop in popularity came with the post-Cold War decision to buy Soviet weapons and turn them into reactor-grade fuel.
The Chinese have no ability to influence the sovereignty of North Korea, no matter how much we would want to (see nuke tests in Korea in close proximity to China).
Investors estimate Constellation needs a yes or no by mid-September from the DOE, but the chances of congress allocating new nuke money by then are small.