Nuclear Energy is Cheap
“The average electricity production cost in 1999 for nuclear energy was 1.83 cents per kilowatt-hour, for coal-fired plants 2.07 cents, for oil 3.24 cents, and for gas 3.52 cents”(HTTP://WWW.FI.EDU/GUIDE/WESTER/BENEFITS.HTML)
Nuclear Energy is Enviromentally Friendly
"Of all energy sources, nuclear energy has perhaps the lowest impact on the environment especially in relation to kilowatts produced because nuclear plants do not emit harmful gases, require a relatively small area, and effectively minimize or negate other impacts. In other words, nuclear energy is the most "ecologically efficient" of all energy sources because it produces the most electricity in relation to its minimal environmental impact. There are no significant adverse effects to water, land, habitat, species, and air resources."(HTTP://WWW.FI.EDU/GUIDE/WESTER/BENEFITS.HTML)
"Nuclear power plants emit no carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury, or other toxic gases. A properly managed facility does not directly contribute to atmospheric climate change; the broad cooling towers characteristic of nuclear plants emit water vapor."(http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/energy/nuclearpower.html)
"Nuclear power plants emit no carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury, or other toxic gases. A properly managed facility does not directly contribute to atmospheric climate change; the broad cooling towers characteristic of nuclear plants emit water vapor."(http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/energy/nuclearpower.html)
Nuclear energy is a long term solution
"Nuclear power plants provide low-cost, predictable power at stable prices and are essential in maintaining the reliability of the U.S. electric power system. Nuclear power is a major national energy source. Nuclear energy is our nation's largest source of emission-free electricity and our second largest source of power. The 103 U.S. nuclear units supply about 20 percent of the electricity produced in the United States"(HTTP://WWW.FI.EDU/GUIDE/WESTER/BENEFITS.HTML)
"Current usage is about 68,000 tU/yr. Thus the world's present measured resources of uranium (5.3 Mt) in the cost category around present spot prices and used only in conventional reactors, are enough to last for about 80 years" (http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle/Uranium-Resources/Supply-of-Uranium/)
In short the world's current supply of uranium, not including the uranium that will be mined in the future, will last as a fuel source for the next 80 years.
"Current usage is about 68,000 tU/yr. Thus the world's present measured resources of uranium (5.3 Mt) in the cost category around present spot prices and used only in conventional reactors, are enough to last for about 80 years" (http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle/Uranium-Resources/Supply-of-Uranium/)
In short the world's current supply of uranium, not including the uranium that will be mined in the future, will last as a fuel source for the next 80 years.