Swedish change of mind: nuclear power plants

1980 the Swedish people voted for a liquidation of all nuclear powerplants in sweden by the year 2010. Just in 2010 the Swedish government decided to pass this decision and instead it was voted, with 174 votes against 172, to build new once. The reasons that were given all included a discussion about effects on environment, dependency on oil based energy and so forth. I watched the discussions with big eyes and wondered if we all had forgotten about the possible hazards and the environmental impact due to long lived uranium. But... no... no discussion about these questions. The law was passed. Today, less than a year later, we all watch with horror the happenings in Japan. Yes, I know, a lot of you will tell me that we dont have earthquakes here, but still.... Shouldnt we, as a predecessor regarding environmental questions, instead of building new plants, put the money in even larger environmental friendly energy projects? Why not putting the money into wind or solar-systems? Even if the risk to experience a nuclear meltdown here in Sweden might be minor, still we have the longtime effects of the nuclear waste that has to be stored for hundreds of years. Just this week, the swedish company responsible for nuclear waste, SKB, has asked for permission to store more waste in a cave, deep down in some mountain here in Sweden. Is this not kind of pervert when all of our eyes are facing the development far east?