It is unclear what kind of waste you are referring to.
If you refer to radioactive waste from laboratory or industrial processing of minerals, the IAEA standard https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1134_scr.pdf says that: “The radioactive waste generated in mining and milling activities, especially those involving uranium and thorium (U, Th) ores, differs from that generated at nuclear power plants and most other industrial operations and medical facilities. Waste from mining and milling activities contains only low concentrations of radioactive material but it is generated in large volumes in comparison with waste from other facilities. The management methods to be employed are therefore different and will usually involve waste disposition on or near the surface, in the vicinity of the mine and/or mill sites. Furthermore, the waste will contain long lived radionuclides, and this has important implications for its management because of the long time periods for which control will be necessary.”