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by _ph_ 906 days ago
Several reasons:

- it takes way to long to finish them, renewables can be set up much quicker

- as they are too expensive, they are binding money which could be used more efficiently somewhere else.

- we haven't solved the waste problem

- nuclear is the worst companion to renewables, as nuclear power plants are limited in their regulation capacity and you cannot afford to keep them not running at a high load or the electrictiy would become even more expensive.