I have 4 rescue dogs. None less than 40 pounds. The male at 58 is the largest, has only 3 legs (cancer) and lung cancer. Hard for us to get to go potty. Not getting rid of him, or the others.
A lot of the waste can be used in other types of energy producing methods. The green glowing goo seem on the Simpsons and other cartoons is not what the waste is. Typically it is metal, and can be encased to reduce radiation released.
Why is nuclear energy missing? Low carbon, scalable, reliable, and fairly cheap. And nuclear waste is easier, and cheaper to get rid of than people think.
And far easier on the environment than wind turnbines.
One other info: Marines do not have their own medics. They use the Navy’s, so a medic may be with the Marines. I know of someone who did.