Controversies over the production and disposal of nuclear wastes have come to serve as a volatile instrument for debating divergent agendas for the future of out affluent technological society. These moral assessments are based on the assumption that any error or accident entails catastrophic effect for unconsenting present and future generations. Nuclear technology is unique and incomparable precisely because there will be disastrous. A skeptical and distrustful public has yet to recognize and be persuaded by the fact the performance standards and licensing procedures required by EPA, NRC and DOE are not only achievable, both technically and economically, but more sufficient by ethical standards. After examing two main methods of disposing high level nuclear waste materials, we see that there are both advantages and disadvantages.
More research is needed to perfect each method.
We also see that the public needs to be educated and informed about this issue so that there can be an understanding between the public, the government and the nuclear science community about this matter. For High-Level Nuclear Waste Repositories. Auazi A Hossain, Editor. New York, New York 10017-2398.