It's impossible to overrate the hazards of nuclear waste disposal.

If we're going to spin off into the energy debate, thermodynamic power is a no-brainer in many, many parts of the world-- but is virtually off the table during discussions. It's asinine IMO to place nuclear, coal, oil and other troublesome solutions (that includes wind and solar) above much more sensible solutions like thermal and tidal-- but then, the latter don't involve consumption of a resource or massive land deployment...