The comment about nuclear waste could not be further from the truth. All of the radioactive waste from nuclear electricity generation in the US fits in a volume

The comment about nuclear waste could not be further from the truth. All of the radioactive waste from nuclear electricity generation in the US fits in a volume equivalent to a football field stacked 10 meters high: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-nuclear-fuel https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-... The meltdown at Fukushima amounted to a very small proportion of the total damage incurred by the tsunami. No deaths due to radiation besides a couple plant workers are expected. The exclusion zone was cleaned up and reopened after about a decade. The learnings from this event should be that nuclear isn't actually all that risky, relative to how much carbon-free energy it generates.