We in NAWG have always known that natural analogues are invaluable support for radioactive waste disposal, but it seems that Springer Journals thinks otherwise. In 2015, they asked the Editors-in-Chiefs of their journals to pick one article they published in 2015 that addressed the world's most pressing challenges - so please go to :
http://www.springer.com/gp/marketing/change-the-world to see what they thought. Click on the link to Earth and Environmental Sciences and scroll down to the 5th example.
Nice to know that our work (this is from the NAWG-13 workshop proceedings) is appreciated and even recognised outwith our immediate field.