Re: nuclear storage
The proper way to deal with it is to reprocess the waste as far as possible, then store it in guarded, frequently-inspected and monitored facilities, not bury it out of sight. Old military bases would be okay for this. We somehow manage to store hundreds of nuclear weapons all over this country, why can't we do the same for nuclear waste? You can store an astonishing amount of actual non-reusable waste in a very small space.
Let the military handle it, and charge nuclear power companies a nice fat fee for the service.