[en] Hormesis is the stimulation of any system by low doses of any agent. The hormesis model is particularly applicable to radioactive waste management. Radiation hormesis encompasses the beneficial effects of low-dose irradiation in both animals and humans. The radiation hormesis model comprises statistically significant (X² test) results that compare total death rates and cancer death rates in exposed and unexposed nuclear workers. The usual open-quotes healthy worker effectclose quotes is negated because both groups were in the same plants. These data invalidate all linear (no-threshold) models. This dramatic change in concepts about the effects of low-dose irradiation transforms problems about radioactive waste into solutions for improved health