§ 115015 Radioactive Material Disposal Licenses

• •The government can decide how many licenses to give out for handling radioactive waste.
• •These licenses are for places that take radioactive material from others to throw away on land.
• •Not everyone who wants a license may get one if the government sets a limit.

A company wants to start a business that takes radioactive waste from hospitals and buries it safely in the ground.

The government might say 'no' to giving them a license if they already gave out enough licenses to other companies. This is to control how much radioactive waste is buried and keep things safe.