The management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste has the d
eserved reputation as one of the most intractable policy issues facing the
United States and other nations using nuclear reactors for electric power g
eneration. This paper presents the author's perspective on this complex iss
ue, based on a decade of service with the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Bo
ard and Board on Radioactive Waste Management of the National Research Coun
cil.