No doubt it was already on its way somewhere as low-level waste.

More than 100,000 cubic feet of low-level waste is created in the state each year.

Federal law requires low-level wastes to be contained for up to 500 years.

Only low-level waste is supposed to be inside, but it is not clear what kind.

No other community has been willing to accept the mostly low-level radioactive waste.

New York State has yet to select its own site for low-level waste.

The catch: the town has to agree to be the home to a dump for low-level radioactive waste.

Maine voters also said yes to a plan to ship its low-level radioactive waste to Texas.

In the new accord, the department has also agreed to put low-level radioactive wastes into glass.

A new Federal law makes each state responsible for disposing of its low-level radioactive waste.