As of 2023, around two million cubic meters of low-level radioactive waste was produced worldwide, of which around 1.8 million cubic meters was disposable waste. Low-level waste is waste requiring durable containment for several hundred years, suitable for disposal in engineered near-surface facilities.
Storage and disposal of radioactive waste worldwide as of 2023, by waste class
(in thousand cubic meters)
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