"Clean" is the short sighted part, because waste does not only revolve around carbon. "Sustainable" is the only long term solution.

Your points seem to be correct, NE waste is less and better detectable but its also as long living like PFAS but much more dangerous compared to them.

As is said "i dont like the trend", not NE per se. This upcoming NE trend fosters an illusion, that competes with the with wind/solar power transition, which might not be the final but certainly is the better solution in terms of cost/waste/risk.