Radioactive Waste One of the most discussed arguments against nuclear fission is the radioactive waste it produces. Radioactive waste is what remains after using a reactor to produce electricity. There are two levels of waste, low and high, but both are regulated by the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. High-level waste consists of fuel used directly in the reactor that is highly radioactive but can still be disposed of. Low-level waste is contaminated objects that have been exposed to radiation. The nuclear waste is then stored in a safe place with different types of methods such as wet storage, dry storage and away from reactor storage. Wet storage is the primary method of disposing of waste because it is the best way to produce nuclear weapons. Any country with a nuclear program has the prospect of producing nuclear weapons. The fuel inside a nuclear reactor is uranium. Low-enriched uranium is used in energy production while the highly enriched version is used to make weapons and is called weapons-grade uranium. The atomic bomb landed on Hiroshima used 60kg of weapons grade uranium and with the progress of the war now only 20-25kg is needed to make a nuclear weapon. Plutonium, which is a by-product of the fission process, can also be used to produce weapons and requires only 2-10 kg to develop weapons. The atomic bomb landed in Nagasaki contained plutonium. Depleted uranium, leftover from the enrichment process, is used to produce military-grade armor-piercing shells. These depleted uranium penetrators have been used in wars throughout history, the most recent of which was the Gulf War. This is a disadvantage because depleted uranium is toxic and has been scientifically proven to cause birth defects, cancer and death where it is used. All these effects were the cause of the discovery of nuclear fission and its