Is it really necessary to have a deep geologic repository for used nuclear fuel?

From Atomic Insights

Is it really necessary to have a deep geologic repository for used nuclear fuel?

http://atomicinsights.com/really-necessary-deep-geologic-repository-used-nuclear-fuel/

It’s time to give the United States nuclear enterprise permission to quit trying to site a deep geologic repository for used nuclear fuel. 

Quoting Chairman Macfarlane: In essence, the GEIS [for continued storage of spent fuel] concludes that unavoidable adverse environmental impacts are “small” for the short-term, long-term, and indefinite time frames for storage of spent nuclear fuel. The proverbial “elephant in the room” is this: if the environmental impacts of storing waste indefinitely on the surface are essentially small, then is it necessary to have a deep geologic disposal option?

Good question. The answer is no.