Some of the new GenIV reactors will burn the waste of the old GenII + III reactors dramatically reducing the amount of waste and putting the timeline for disposal in the hundreds of years, not tens of thousands.
Also, the new Thorium reactors are absolutely amazing. Meltdown proof, 1/5 the cost, modular, way lower waste products, etc. Also there is apparently more energy in Thorium than oil, coal, gas, uranium combined...2500 years worth of energy.
http://www.thoriumpowercanada.com/db...orium-reactor/