Over 400 short-term storage facilities are located close to densely populated areas Most long-term storage projects in the world are ill-fated due to NIMBY (not-in-my-back-yard) syndrome and scientific flaws Long-term storage of spent fuel in deep geological structures has been widely demonstrated as the best and safest solution Nuclear material handling is a political issue, typically characterized by decisional gridlock Our human societies require at least one safe, isolated, accessible, permanent storage facility now, whatever the future of nuclear energy will be The safe disposal of spent uranium fuel may well be one of the ultimate solutions to the worldwide menace of greenhouse effect gases. Nuclear power plants are the only wide scale high output energy sources that does not create waste other than highly manageable spent fuel Over 430 nuclear reactors worldwide are producing more than 12,000 tons of spent fuel per year in 20 countries