I'm not against nuclear power, per se, but the way we do it is seriously warped, mostly by its associations with the weaponry.

A uranium mine isn't just a fuel source, it is also part of a military arsenal at the highest level, so really it isn't that surprising to see so little care given to the externalities.

Personally I think that solar/storage is about to outcompete the pants off most everything else anyway, given the ever falling price of modules and the existence of companies like lightsail and gravitypower. http://www.lightsail.com/ http://www.gravitypower.net/

hot gravel edit; oh, and Isentropic - http://www.isentropic.co.uk/