Demand too much minerals including, because they’re so much more diffuse metals like copper

High soil occupancy in competition with food crops and human activities

Cannot provide guaranteed baseline of supply without storage (more minerals)

Perhaps the Chernobyl exclusion zone could be covered with photovoltaic panels.

I always find the framing of these discussions very sad.

Nuclear doesn't have to be expensive, there are many historic examples of safe reactors built for very reasonable costs. (French and earlier American reactors especially.)

Unfortunately there seems to be zero appetite to discuss let alone fix the killing of nuclear power though an absolutely crazy regulatory framework.

The French underestimated their decommissioning costs by a large factor. They will spend decades paying that down with no power being generated from the plants they are closing down.