Editorial: EURAD: state of the art in research and development on radioactive waste management and disposal

For all societies that rely or have relied fully or partly on nuclear energy the long-term management of radioactive waste remains a complex challenge for generations to come. Issues are the multidisciplinary scientific understanding of key processes often coupled over time and space scales, the search of appropriate and acceptable disposal sites, the development of engineering solutions and the organization of transparency for public engagement. Deep geological repositories (DGRs) are industria