So split the $35B (there's a recent $3B that hasn't made it wikipedia, as I understand it) half and half, and you get 17GW of solar, and 36GWh of storage.
As far as translating this into per-kWh costs, most estimates I have seen put Vogtle at $0.17-$0.18/kWh. The equivalent for solar is $0.04/kWh. To charge a battery with that same solar, and then deliver it later, it's $0.13/kWh, when doing the napkin math with those NREL numbers up there.
Lifetime of panels and batteries vs modern nuclear plant? I guess also do the nuclear numbers use the real liability and disposal costs, or subsidized ones?
PV panels will produce for at least 25-30 years with limited degradation in output. At that time, consider what state of the art will be, and that you can repower an existing PV plant trivially; you de-energize segments, manual labor replaces panels, and you re-energize. Old panels will get shipped for recycling (shredded and materials sorted for reuse).
For the cost of batteries, NREL published this review of reviews, and lands at ~480/kWh of capacity:
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/85332.pdf
So split the $35B (there's a recent $3B that hasn't made it wikipedia, as I understand it) half and half, and you get 17GW of solar, and 36GWh of storage.
As far as translating this into per-kWh costs, most estimates I have seen put Vogtle at $0.17-$0.18/kWh. The equivalent for solar is $0.04/kWh. To charge a battery with that same solar, and then deliver it later, it's $0.13/kWh, when doing the napkin math with those NREL numbers up there.