Nuclear power is relatively safe when managed responsibly, and provides a consistant power output. When it comes to hydro electric , solar or wind; it is possible that drought, impaired sunlight, and days with low wind could lead to a day with zero energy or low energy output.
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There’s lots of interesting points both sides here. I just wanted to add that while there is still plenty of Uranium available to mine – this nuclear fuel is only mined in a very limited number of countries. So it makes for a little bit of a political hotcake. Just think about if Texas seceded – they’ve got 2 nuclear plants but no uranium mines so they’re gonna have to make good friends with Canada, Australia, Namibia, Niger, Russia or Kazakhstan to keep their reactors fueled. Moving uranium around from overseas is pretty costly to protect against potential accidents or terrorist incidents.
Long term things might change a lot when it becomes feasible for us to mine Uranium in space. And then again maybe not if you still land up with a political power situation where only one or two companies or countries control all the fuel sources found in space.
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