I really want to believe nuclear is as clean as the author says, but the biggest challenge is storing the waste for three hundred years. were talking small amo

I really want to believe nuclear is as clean as the author says, but the biggest challenge is storing the waste for three hundred years. were talking small amounts, sure, but contamination of groundwater and surrounding soil isn't something we in the US have a stellar track record with. camp lejunes benzene contaminated drinking water happened in only a 29 year span, and the only real remedy is a class action lawsuit. no one admitted fault. most of our reactors are elderly, and most of the regulatory capture means they leak like a sieve and rarely face any consequences or shutdowns. until we reform the edifice that controls this waste I fear nuclear will just be another headline crisis event.