If nuclear reactors are such a bad choice why do many of the developed nations depend upon them and are actively building more. China has something like thirty under construction and many more on the way. France produces 80 percent of it electricity using reactors. I guess they are all just dumb. The link below from Wikipedia gives statistics on what the rest of the world is doing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_by_countryMost of the other developed countries also recycle the fuel rods. It reduces the waste storage by 95% and they recover useful products. We buy most of our medical radioactive materials from Canada who recycles spent fuel. They make good money on this and employ Canadians with jobs that could have been US jobs.
The radiation danger of stored rods is also very over blown. People apparently just like to be scared of radiation and other super natural things. Perhaps if more of them would spend a few hours reading Wikipedia instead of listening to the insanity on TV, we might be able to make some informed decisions on the future energy policy of the US
