Yes, and they as enough still others believe that you don't solve one huge problem by going back to another huge problem.
The research includes extensive geological surveys and every possible simulation you can run on a cave system.
Beats hands down the option which would be to burn fossil fuels and let the planet enjoy the negative externalities (CO2).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_repo...
The main reason we don't do that is that most of the waste can be expected to be further used with future reactors.