Radioactive waste One of the most cited oppositions to nuclear fission concerns the radioactive waste it produces. Radioactive waste is what remains after a reactor has been used 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, which is highly radioactive but can still be disposed of. Low-level waste is contaminated items that have been exposed to radiation. The nuclear waste is then stored in a safe and secure place with different types of methods such as wet storage, dry storage and away from reactor storage. Wet storage is the main method of waste disposal because it is the main method of waste disposal. Any country with a nuclear program has the possibility of producing nuclear weapons. The fuel in a nuclear reactor at its core 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 that landed in Hiroshima used 60 kg of weapons-grade uranium, and since the war has progressed, it only takes 20 to 25 kg to make a nuclear weapon. Plutonium, which is a byproduct of the fission process, can also be used to make weapons and requires only 2 to 10 kg to develop weapons. The atomic bomb that landed in Nagasaki contained plutonium. Depleted uranium, a residue from the enrichment process, is used to make military-grade armor-piercing bullets. These DU penetrators have been used in wars throughout history, most recently the Gulf Wars. This is a disadvantage because depleted uranium is toxic and has been scientifically proven to cause birth defects, cancer and death where it has been used. All these effects were at the origin of the discovery of nuclear fission and its