Hazardous Waste

High Level Radioactive Waste
(Sierra Club)

Describes high level radioactive waste and what steps should be taken to make sure they do not affect the environment.

http://www.sierraclub.org/policy/pollution-waste-management/high-level-radi
oactive-waste

How Landfills Work
(HowStuffWorks, Inc.)

Learn what really happens at “the dump.� This site explains in simple terms what becomes of all that trash you throw out every week.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/landfill.htm

Low Level Radioactive Waste
(The Sierra Club)

This Sierra Club page defines and explains nuclear waste, how it is being managed and the concerns regarding that management.

http://www.sierraclub.org/policy/pollution-waste-management/low-level-radio
active-waste

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants that generate electricity. South Carolina has six such plants. Learn about the work of the commission at this site.

http://www.nrc.gov/

Last Modified: Tuesday March 16, 2004 11:04 AM