Central Midwest Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact

The Central Midwest Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact was developed as an effort to facilitate the efficient and proper management of low-level radioactive waste generated within the Midwest region. The compact provides for the instrument and framework for a cooperative effort; providing sufficient facilities for the proper management of low-level radioactive waste generated in the region; protecting the health and safety of the citizens of the region; limiting the number of facilities required to manage low-level radioactive waste generated in the region effectively and efficiently; promoting the volume and source reduction of low-level radioactive waste generated in the region; distributing the costs, benefits and obligations of successful low-level radioactive waste management equitably among the party states and among generators and other persons who use regional facilities to manage their waste; ensuring the ecological and economical management of low-level radioactive waste, including the prohibition of shallow-land burial of waste; and promoting the use of above-ground facilities and other disposal technologies providing greater and safer confinement of low-level radioactive waste than shallow-land burial facilities.