Nuclear Energy and Waste Disposal

Abstract

A field of subsurface environmental engineering which is likely to (re-)receive enormous societal attention is the fate of vast amounts of nuclear waste world-wide. One of the most likely options, given today’s state of knowledge, is permanent geological storage. Thus, we have another topic of the subsurface where flow and transport processes play a dominant role in risk assessments. The public opinion on nuclear energy is not easy to evaluate. However, when it comes to hosting a nuclear waste repository in the neighbourhood, local opposition has to be expected.