Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel
Questions about how to handle nuclear waste have long eluded consensus answers. Rather they have generated social objections, political problems, and economic concerns, especially in countries that have not been able to identify viable solutions to their highly radioactive used fuel.
In what ways should countries be incentivized to articulate and identify timely solutions to their nuclear waste? Is it possible to change the narrative about nuclear waste from a burden to a possibly profitable commercial enterprise?
The American Academy has been addressing this issue with a long-term project on the Global Nuclear Future. This initiative is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, multi-institutional, and multinational effort to engage key experts and constituencies to identify regulatory and governance strategies for the peaceful use of nuclear power. The project articulates, distills, and promotes best practices to minimize security, safety, and proliferation concerns associated with the spread of nuclear energy. . .