Nukes will never be more competitive than they are right now, and they aren't, now. Renewables+storage cost is still in free-fall. By the time things stabilize,

Nukes will never be more competitive than they are right now, and they aren't, now. Renewables+storage cost is still in free-fall. By the time things stabilize, even just sunk-cost operating expense for a nuke, ignoring capital, will be way too high. There will always be a place for nukes in the outer solar system, ultimately pB11 fusion. Out there, you don't need to bother with containment. On Titan or in the upper atmosphere of Venus, Saturn, Neptune, or Uranus, a reactor is as simple as a a big fabric tube with a naked pile near the bottom and a wind turbine at the top. One moving part.