Abstract: A container for radioactive waste including an outer Steel wall, an inner Steel wall, a layer of lead located between the two steel walls, a steel base, a steel cover, a volume of quartz sand located inside the container, at least one internal receptacle/cassette/box that is coated/surrounded/covered at least partially by the volume of quartz sand; and radioactive waste located inside the receptacle, where the internal container may be made of steel and may contain low level radioactive waste, and alternatively, the receptacle(s) may be made of ceramic material and may contain high level radioactive waste, and in one preferred embodiment, the container has an internal rack into which the internal receptacles are placed.