Nuclear power not the answer as renewables continue to boom, report finds

Never really has been a good way of heating water.

* nuclear fuel is not renewable.
* nuclear fuel is likely to become more scarce and expensive over the next few decades.
* the average grade of uranium has declined substantially in recent years as the best reserves have been depleted.
* nuclear power plants are so costly to build that unsubsidized nuclear plants are not economically competitive.
* nuclear fuel cycle entails substantial environmental impacts, which may be greater during the mining and processing stages than during plant operation, even when radiation-releasing accidents are taken into account.
* storage of radioactive waste is highly problematic.
* heat pollution from coolant water discharged into lakes, rivers, or oceans can disrupt aquatic habitats.
* reactors have had to be shut down due to water shortages, highlighting a future vulnerability of this technology in a world where droughts are becoming more common due to climate change.
* pebble-bed, modular reactors, fast reactors, thorium fuel: all of these new technologies is problematic for one reason or another.
* to meet existing/growing needs, hundreds of new plants would be required very soon.
* if nuclear was used to cover base load, the number of required installations would drastically increase the already high demand on the limited fuel supplies, blowing the cost of generation out.
* numerous older plants require decommissioning and replacement, an extremely costly expense subject to major budgetary blowouts.