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>>11132364
You're right. The price is more like 10 cents per kWh for nuclear, using old technology and disposing of waste in the traditional way instead of using it in a breeder. Five cents is a good ballpark for the cheapest it could get if we were really smart about it.
You'll see wind actually beats nuclear in this chart. Sounds great, but these prices don't scale well. When your grid is double digit percent wind and solar, the costs for then go up drastically. This is due to having to provide stronger generation promises to meet demand, which is done with overbuilding and battery. Doing this makes costs rise sharply.