All true... and one might add that in footprint terms, using once - used radioactive fuel residue is about as «low footprint» as producing power gets. (johnquiggin.com)
Before that can happen, though, nuclear power will have to overcome the unresolved issue of how to dispose of radioactive fuel waste. (discovermagazine.com)
That would be 10 TIMES DEEPER than the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility for spent radioactive fuel rods. (desmogblog.com)