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by jdkee 1135 days ago
"And thanks to its nuclear generation, all that electricity will be carbon free."

It ain't carbon-free to build the plants nor to mine and refine the uranium.

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It's still, overall, about as carbon (and other pollution) free as renewables as of about a decade ago:

https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy

Renewables have probably edged further ahead since, but nuclear is still in a totally different category from non-renewables.

It's main problem is the expense. (edit to add: and even there it's ahead of fossil once you add the social cost of carbon to their price tag).