this is a subject that the USA gov and China even agree on. It is such a shame westerners have such a negative reaction to nuclear energy. but it isn't as profitable as fossil fuels/selling new electric cars so :meow-shining:
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/advantages-and-challenges-nuclear-energy
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202106/1227103.shtml
Easy for you to say when you don't live in the country that the uranium was mined in. We literally have piles and mountains of toxic waste from open pit gold and uranium mines.
the US has plenty of domestic mine waste dont you worry