Radioactive waste materials are produced as by-products of research, nuclear power generation, and nuclear weapons manufacture. Radioactive waste is classified by the U.S. government into five groups: high-level, transuranic (chemical elements heavier...

In the 1960s, nuclear power gained popularity as a means of producing power for civilian use. During the next two decades, several nuclear power plants were built, but there was little consensus about how to best dispose of radioactive waste. Waste...

Radioactive waste is what remains after the use or production of radioactive materials. Modern society uses a variety of products and services that depend on radioactive materials. Uses include the production of household smoke alarms, gauges and...

Radioactive waste is the "garbage" left as a result of the use of nuclear materials by human societies. Such waste can be categorized as low-level, intermediate-level, or high-level waste. The term transuranic waste is also used to...

Radioactive wastes are waste types containing radioactive chemical elements that do not have a practical purpose. They are sometimes the products of nuclear processes, such as nuclear fission. However, other industries not directly connected to the...

Whether we like it or not, we've already got it! RADIOACTIVITY, THE MEDIA AND POLITICS There is often media hysteria about radioactivity and radioactive waste. Emotive language implies irresponsible operators have casually abandoned leaking drums-undoubtedly rusty and disintegrating-in pristine natural surroundings...

The nuclear age has meant both generation of electricity and improvements in medicine, but has also produced some difficult waste-management problems Radioactive materials are now commonly used in electricity generation and medicine. But this technology has a legacy -- waste. For a...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday fined the federal Energy Department $1.1 million over violations of an agreement to clean up the Hanford nuclear reservation, the nation's most polluted nuclear site.The fine involved operations at a landfill that is the primary repository for contaminated soils,...

A West Texas county where jobs hinge on radioactive waste could soon open the doors to another volatile substance: alcohol.Voters in Andrews County, which borders New Mexico, will decide Saturday whether to allow beer, wine and liquor sales.Andrews County is home to a storage site...

Describes the tragedy of Chernobyl and the problems with the disposal of nuclear waste.