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Since natural radioactivity is almost everywhere, there is certainly lots of it in landfills. So, yes, landfills are radioactive in that sense. But it is illegal to dispose of artificial radioactive material into landfills and most landfills have portal radiation detectors to measure this and reject loads that are radioactive. read more

So, yes, landfills are radioactive in that sense. But it is illegal to dispose of artificial radioactive material into landfills and most landfills have portal radiation detectors to measure this and reject loads that are radioactive. read more

Colorado landfills have been illegally burying low-level radioactive waste from the oil and gas industry that they are not approved to handle, state health officials revealed this week. read more

High-level radioactive nuclear waste at Sellafield. The government is considering allowing the industry to dump low-level waste in ordinary landfill sites The government is poised to allow nuclear power generators to use ordinary landfill sites for dumping"hundreds of thousands of tons" of waste in an attempt to reduce the £73bn cost of decommissioning old reactors. read more

High-level radioactive nuclear waste at Sellafield. The government is considering allowing the industry to dump low-level waste in ordinary landfill sites The government is poised to allow nuclear power generators to use ordinary landfill sites for dumping "hundreds of thousands of tons" of waste in an attempt to reduce the £73bn cost of decommissioning old reactors. read more

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