I see it that way: state of the art fossil fuel based energy production is harmful, no matter what. State of the art nuclear based energy production is extremely safe [0]. In a perfect world we'd use 100% clean renewable energy, but we're not living in a perfect world and nuclear is the 2nd best option.

We're literally the proverbial frog being slowly boiled alive.

[0] just don't run shady tests under dubious communistic governments and don't build it next to an ocean over an active seismic zone.