1.4 million people are ill due to exposure. Yucca mountain storage facility would be a permanent home for high level radioactive material. No guarantee that it will be safe for greater than 100,000 years, the half life of some radioactive materials. For cold areas, south facing wall can have a solarium with double paned windows, air flow from the home, water filled drums or concrete to store heat in the day, and curtains to keep heat in at night. Heated oil pumped to boiler where it produces steam.
Steam turns turbine to make electricity.
Requires no furnace in winter. Heat from people, appliances, lighting enough to heat home. South facing windows capture solar heat, no windows on north side retain heat. Water is pumped to heat exchanger which transfers heat to hot water tank. Hot water used in home or to heat swimming pool or spa.