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Yes, but, you could also say the same of fossil fuel power plants as well. The world has been getting "cheap" electricity from fossil fuels for many decades now while ignoring the environmental (and other, like nuclear waste problems from Coal) externalities that taxpayers ultimately have to face one way or another as well. You'd need a comparative analysis of the externalities of both to make sense of the trade-offs and pick one that's "better".

Renewables like solar and wind are great of course, but they're intermittent and cause weird issues like the Duck Curve. You still need base load from either nuclear or fossil fuels for a stable, reliable grid.