ITER fusion in France had at 2021 staff of 1014, with 75 percent have an advanced degree (Master's, engineering degree, or PhD). That does not sound cheap does it? Not even one third of that sounds cheap.
Again, your questionable bias. Just as with the dam evaporation thing (literature says otherwise). Nukes in China are economical. Our Temelín (one of the last nukes built in the EU) has payed itself in 10 years and is a gold mine (bscly used to finance the goverment of Czechia). We've had very low energy prices until the Germans have forced us to harmonize the electricity price with them - thus paying for their expensive wind and solar. As a consequnce - 35 - 40 %!!!! inflation in 2.5 years and catastrophic economic problems. I've went from financially OK to WTH? And that's the "cheap" wind and solar.
