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Nuclear is dead, my friend. I'd encourage you to take look at the cost curves of solar, wind and storage. They have come down an absolutely insane amount over the last decade and are predicted to come down another insane amount over the next half decade or so (about when your first reactor might be able to come online).
Just to give you an idea we're talking about around a 90% cost reduction for both solar and batteries and something like 45% for wind. It's crazy, but it's already happened. If you're interested I'd suggest taking a look at RethinkX's work. It's lead by Tony Seba who predicted these cost declines already back in 2010. Doesn't guarantee that he's right, but it is looking like the trend is going to continue.
There are also pretty profound implications for a 100% solar, wind and storage system as well that are pretty incredible. I don't think anything else makes sense in comparison.
EDIT: Here's a direct link to the report if you're interested in reading it.