I have no problem with nuclear power if nuclear waste is indeed recyclable.
Being able to know what to do to with nuclear waste is kind of important.
You need a
breeder reactor to optimally recycle uranium based fission waste (these can also make power).
But then it is (relatively) very easy to make weapons grade fissile material (high purity), which always gets people upset.
However, high purity does allow for much smaller reactors/devices, like the ones in military craft, and those reactors have a good
track record for safety (if you believe the US military).
Also good for spacecraft, but I guess those are more like nuclear batteries, which could be good for a distributed power system(s).
But yeah, current storage of nuke waste is problematic here and abroad. Best practices would seem to need a plan throughout the lifecycle of mining/use/waste of fissile material.