Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine and contain radioactive material. Radioactive waste is hazardous to most forms of life and the environment, and is regulated by government agencies in order to protect human health and the environment. Learn more about the downsides of nuclear technologies, the dangerous waste they produce and the ways to deal with it in the following pages.