CA Health & Safety Code Section 115273

In implementing this chapter, the department, consistent with other requirements imposed by this chapter to protect public health and safety, shall promote the reduction of low-level radioactive waste generated, both in volume and radioactivity, by encouraging waste reduction practices, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a)

The minimization of waste produced by employing best practices to reduce the amount of contaminated materials;

(b)

The substitution and use of nonradioactive materials or radioactive materials with shorter radioactive half-lives; and

(c)

The compaction of low-level radioactive waste to reduce the volume of waste that must be transported and disposed of in the state.