Monday, February 06, 2006

 

Low-level radioactive waste fact sheets: An introduction


Ohio State University Extension Research

Audeen Fentiman
Richard Christensen
Karen Mancl
Joe Heimlich
Brian K. Hajek

Low-level radioactive waste has been generated for decades in Ohio and other states by nuclear power plants, industry, hospitals, universities, research institutions, and government facilities. According to federal law, each state is responsible for disposing of commercial low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders. States may form groups, called compacts, to share that responsibility. Ohio is part of the Midwest Compact; the other members are Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Every twenty years, the responsibility for hosting the Midwest Compact's low-level waste disposal facility will rotate among the member states. As the largest generator of this waste, Ohio was chosen as the first host state. . . Read more
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