Quantitative Analysis of the Reversibility of Nuclear Waste Storage : Waste Reutilisation by Jean-Guy Devezeaux and Christian Gollier The reversibility of nuclear waste storage can be justified on various economic grounds, including the eventuality that future generations may wish to recover this waste in order to reutilise it. Real options theory is used to cost this option. By including the value of this option in the cost/ benefit analysis, it is possible to determine what present generations should spend to organise this reversibility. Taking current values of the materials contained in the waste, and taking into account the low growth trend of such values, we show that the reversibility value of a waste storage site is derisory. Key-...