Identifying remaining socio-technical challenges at the national level: USA

This report contributes to the InSOTEC research programme’s Work Package 1.1 that maps remaining socio-technical challenges to the implementation of geological disposal of radioactive waste across fourteen countries in the EU and North America (www.insotec.eu). The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the current situation of geological disposal of High Level radioactive Waste (HLW) and Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) in the USA. In line with this aim the focus is on current activities on the federal level, including brief discussions of the Yucca Mountain programme and WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant).