This is kind of why I'm not 100% behind nuclear in general. The technology is pretty sound, and even the waste generated pales in comparison to what's up with atmospheric pollution right now. My problem is with corner-cutting and having failure modes that create disasters in the first place. The standards for success are necessarily incredibly high and must be adhered to without fail over the lifetime of the plant. As they say, learn from history: humanity's track record with those requirements is not good.

There are better options on the horizon though, like thorium reactors that are smaller and don't create big problems when they break. So, the idea of another 3 Mile Island, Fukushima, or Chernobyl may eventually be a thing of the past.