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=Bindia Kumari Nuclear waste is the radioactive waste left over from nuclear reactors, nuclear research projects, and nuclear bomb production. Nuclear waste is divided into low, medium, and high-level waste by the amount of radioactivity the waste produces. The largest source of nuclear waste is naturally occuring radioactive material. All substances are slightly radioactive from the decay of naturally occuring Isotopes, Carbon-14, Potassium 40, Uranium-238 and Thorium 232. Nuclear waste Transportation some medical waste contains radiologically active materials, for instance, and must be handled in a facility equipped to handle nuclear waste. Nuclear wast Policy Act in 1982 created a timetable and procedure for establishing a permanent underground repository for high-level radioactive waste by the mid-1990s, and provided for some temporary federal storage of waste. The controversy surround- radioactive waste storage are: radioactive waste generated by the use and production of radioactive materials within the United State remains a contentious national security issue.In the 1960s, nuclear power gained popularity as a producing electricity for civilian use. Site for permanent storage of high-level waste, engineers and geologists took several factors into consideration, including: water table, geological stability, rock composition, seismic [earthquake] activity, and proximity to population areas.=