The idea of a meltdown, however statistically rare, still fills me with a fear that solar panels and wind turbines simply never will -- I'd rather build a clean future around energy sources that can't leave a place uninhabitable if something goes catastrophically wrong.
France generates roughly 65-70% of its electricity from nuclear power and has one of the lowest carbon footprints per capita among major economies, while countries that phased out nuclear like Germany saw emissions rise as coal filled the gap during the transition to renewables.