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These are the only two graphs you need to understand that your assumption is based on >10y old data:

https://www.powerengineeringint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/3-Learni...

By the decade is gone that any new nuclear project has been commissioned and built, the rest of the world is running on solar + battery storage at a tenth of the price.

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Your first graph shows diminishing returns for both battery storage and solar. It's also not clear whether that's the marginal cost or includes the capital cost to build the structures and all the infrastructure.

To compare nuclear against solar you have to compare it against the sum of the cost of solar plus battery storage.

Investing in solar/wind/nuclear energy sources, storage, and research for improving all of the above seems like the best strategic option for at least the next decade.

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