The face that merely "thousands" of people are impacted by France's uranium mining isn't testament to a large ecological impact, but the opposite: Nuclear's ecological impact is far less than renewables. Hydroelectricity - by far the largest renewable energy source, more than wind and solar combined - has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. The Three Gorges Dam alone displaced 140,000 people [1]. Lithium and cobalt extraction will need to increase by orders of magnitude to provide the necessary storage for intermittent renewables.
The immense energy density of nuclear fuel means far less of it needs to be extracted to provide energy.
The immense energy density of nuclear fuel means far less of it needs to be extracted to provide energy.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam#Environmental...