Nuclear energy is the only way to meet rising energy demand before reasonable green alternatives can overtake them.
China, India, etc. are all doing it. It's being realistic. In the US, political figures like Andrew Yang is also in favor of realistic approach over idealistic ones.
Solar isn't going to overtake any of the current technology, in terms of meeting demands, any time soon.
I have the same sentiment as you, Media bloated the concept and promotion of solar energy, but in an engineering perspective, it can't keep up the energy demand and its costly. On the other hand, Nuclear is the realistic approach to lessen carbon emission and solve the energy crisis. Personally, I prefer a well balanced energy generation profile.