Definitely not irrelevant. There are trade offs... good energy density for sure but you deal with storing radioactive waste. Your own source discusses that.... it's a necessary step to deal with a much worse climate condition.

"We conclude that nuclear energy — despite posing several challenges, as do all energy sources (ref. 7) — needs to be retained and significantly expanded in order to avoid or minimize the devastating impacts of unabated climate change and air pollution caused by fossil fuel burning."

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I think our statements agree. The challenges of dealing with nuclear waste safely pale in comparison to the externalities of burning fossil fuels. Purely from a damage minimization standpoint,