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Renewables aren't cheaper at a scale per KWh than nuclear once you include energy storage. Nuclear is also still cheaper and has less carbon footprint for production and operation once you cross the 10 years of operation mark. All for renewables, but the "cheaper than nuclear" argument is a myth with some numbers fudged.
Here in Germany 1 kWh of nuclear energy did costs about 40 cents, 1 kWh from Wind energy costs 3 cents. Also you forgot the cost of storage for the nuclear waste. Super expensive because no one wants that stuff near them and it has to be securely stored for thousands of years.
I didn't forget it, they just don't have numbers on it that are publicly available here. In the US they move depleted stocks under armed guard on public train tracks. It's insane.
The price per KWh will be super obvious when we move to salt or earth battery capture, but we'll have to see if we don't kill the fucking planet first.