Store the nuclear waste on the same site it’s generated at. There’s a company that specializes in doing that. It’s earthquake-proof and wouldn’t require HAZMAT transport away.
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No civilization ever deprived itself into prosperity. If you can't conquer your way to riches (conquest ethos having fallen out of fashion) then the next-best way is to innovate your way to wealth.
In a Free-Market Economy (not to be confused with 'capitalist'), the quickest, cheapest way to a solution is to monetize it. There aren't many problems that can't be solved by liberal application of the profit motive.