There as never been a operation that went really bad in the west world. Ever. TMI and that one in Japan were not “really bad”, hysterical people blew it out of proportion. We run little baby reactors on little boats (subs) under 400 feet long, and they’ve never had an issue. We could have reactors in every single town, have a totally decentralized power grid that is nearly immune to natural disaster, or terrorist attack. But no.

To your other point, nuclear fuel rods are almost infinitely rechargeable, there is no waste to speak of. Hell, 2nd rate countries like the UK have been doing it for half a century. We don’t because we’re scared of nuclear proliferation, supposedly. Really just another stupid idea that carter thought up when he was president.

As to what we chose, to bury it, again, no real risks there. It is all naturally occurring. It would release the same about of energy anyway. You should really take the time to speak to someone who works in the industry and find out some truth about nuclear energy.

www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/10/01/why-doesnt-u-s-recycle-nuclear-fuel/#27087c21390f

And jediadept is completely correct about Thorium reactors. There are some good Ted Talks about it.