A perspective on nuclear waste

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.