The waste issue is hugely over blown IMO, it is a problem no doubt, but geologically stable deep storage is a safe and effective answer, and the volume in question is small. The protestors always quote the amount of waste in weight which due to the excessive specific density of much nuclear material makes the quantity seem huge, but in volume terms it’s small. I see the UK’s really hot waste regularly and it’s contained in the equivalent of a couple of Olympic sized pools, hardly a mountain for over 50 years of nuclear activity. The other thing is that waste is not just a problem for the nuclear power sector, most waste actually comes from other sources, especially the medical sector, and I don’t see protestors demanding an end to medical radiography. Not many realise the most dangerous incident involving nuclear waste in the UK for many many years was actually caused by a medical scanning unit being moved for decommissioning.