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There's not enough uranium for enough nuclear plants (though China and India have those thorium reactors)
There are only two thorium reactors in the world (one in China and one in India) and they are both highly experimental. There isn't enough ground based uranium (most uranium is in the ocean and technology to develop oceanic uranium mining is promising) for 100% nuclear power, but there is enough for a lot more. The reason why nuclear power isn't more widespread isn't a technical one, but rather it costs more than fossil fuels and nuclear power is contrary to the interests of the bourgeoisie.
There's not enough uranium at the ideal enrichment levels that's profitable to extract. If we aren't concerned with getting the most profit possible mining the stuff, we have a few hundred years of supply without needing to recycle (which is easy).