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One for radioactive wastes: Reprocessing of the spent fuel rods will dramatically lessen the amount of waste that exists as well as creating more fuel for reactors. The rest of the waste can be stored in secure containers as it is now. The worst of this waste will will decay away in a little over 100 years leaving mostly isotopes with long half-lives that are less dangerous.

Two for meltdowns: What we have always had. Its called the containment dome. Containment domes are designed to hold in any danger created by a meltdown.

Hydrogen is the most promising alternative to petroleum that we have but to produce it we have to use the most promising alternative to coal that we have which is nuclear.