Well, ye, that's one of the main talking points in the article. Another one of is the waste problem, of which coal power produces almost a million x more!
producing power requires billions of dollars of research and investment and decades of construction and produces vast quantities of poisonous materials that we don’t know what to do with, meanwhile the price of renewables has been falling precipitously
The answer to energy problems shouldn't have to be either renewables or nuclear. It should be both to tailor the best solution to the environment in which we need power.
Solar and wind power aren't always suitable when you're trying to provide power to places that aren't known for a bunch of solar or wind power. What's the solution there? Burn more oil and coal? No. Use nuclear.
Inb4 "just use dams bro"
We literally alter an entire ecosystem when we put in dams for power generation. We should be trying to avoid massive ecological impacts. That's why fossil fuels bad.
Tldr; stop limiting your ecologically safe power choices. Tailor the solution to the environment you are powering.