This document contains ten papers concerning public policy aspects of nuclear waste management prepared for a conference on this subject held in October 1976. Sponsors included ERDA, NRC, NSF, EPA and CEQ. Purpose of the conference was to provide a forum in which to identify and discuss legal, institutional, social, environmental and other public policy issues relating to nuclear waste management. Overall topics covered included the following: Status and Key Issues in Current Waste Management Program, Goals of Nuclear Waste Management Program and Selection of Criteria for evaluating Policy Alternatives, Issues in Implementation of Nuclear Waste Management Program, and Organizational Responsibilities and Alternatives. Individual papers covered the following areas: description and explanation of the current program and technical alternatives available; criteria necessary for judging social and technological systems for managing nuclear wastes; appropriateness of present institutions for dealing with the long-term implications of nuclear waste; social, ethical and moral considerations; the interaction between scientific experts, decision-makers and the lay public; and finally, the relationship between nuclear waste management, nuclear fission and national energy policy.