Mostly because as it stands (stood), it's (was) the most economically sensible thing to do. France also gets a ton from Niger, Australia is known to have stupid

Mostly because as it stands (stood), it's (was) the most economically sensible thing to do. France also gets a ton from Niger, Australia is known to have stupid amounts in their reserves (and they can't really pull the "mines are bad" argument considering just how many coal mines they have), and pretty much every country has the ability to open mines. It's just a matter of how expensive it is. The good thing with nuclear fuel is that you don't really need that much, and much of the cost of nuclear energy is in operating costs, not fuel. Additionally, had we continued research on nuclear, we might have the ability to reuse spent fuel today, which still holds a _ton_ of energy in it.