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Nuclear waste must be processed to make it safe for disposal. This includes its collection and sorting; reducing its volume and changing its chemical and physical composition, such as concentrating liquid waste; and finally, its conditioning so it is immobilized and packaged before storage and disposal.

Although defense-related activities generate most of the United States' liquid high-level waste, the majority of spent nuclear fuel is from commercial nuclear power plant reactors. Currently, most high-level waste is stored at the site where the waste was generated.

Solid wastes containing radioisotopes with half-lives of 120 days or less are collected in pails within laboratories and then transferred to a campus storage facility, known as the Decay-in-Storage (DIS) Facility.

Radioactive waste is disposed of in a lead box with a radiation symbol. Radioactive waste should be stored in containers that prevent dispersion of radiation. Radioactive waste should be behind lead shielding.

The most currently-used method for nuclear waste disposal is storage, either using steel cylinders as radioactive shield or using deep and stable geologic formations. However, the disposal of nuclear waste by storage still has many concern, since the leakage of the nuclear waste may cause huge environmental disaster.

Select a storage container made of material compatible with the chemical it will hold. Complete and attach a hazardous waste tag to the bag or container.Store the container in the radioactive waste storage area of the lab.Request hazardous waste collection when you're ready for a waste pick up.

Right now, all of the nuclear waste that a power plant generates in its entire lifetime is stored on-site in dry casks. A permanent disposal site for used nuclear fuel has been planned for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, since 1987, but political issues keep it from becoming a reality.