Coal is also disastrous than nuclear but its effects are seen long term. There are downsides to both and a lot of risks when it comes to nuclear waste. But if we just take time to study how to make use of these wastes or to convert them into something useful.

Until then, with Japan releasing its waste waters to the pacific ocean and buried nuclear wastes from Cold War resurfacing as the ice melts, we can never classify nuclear as a completely green energy source. There are more viable renewable energy sources we cam focus on, but they may take more R&D for them to be more useful to the amount of energy we consume.