This is really only a problem really early, once you get the inserter +1 bonus(only takes some red/green) they can keep up with most basic tasks.

Uranium Ore needs more of a drain. You can completely ignore uranium ore the entire game, skipping Nuclear power. Its a unique process to mine requiring sulfuric acid and its one of the more interesting things. And with the new world generator, Uranium ore is plentiful. So I think we should add ...

If you go into steam, properties, beta, change it to 17.22, it will revert back to the previous patch and everything works fine.