lynas languishes as radiation protests grow, page-39

Waste = Exempt, Low Level, Very Low Level:
Firstly: 2 out of 3 waste from Lynas are exempt waste and not classified as radioactive.
From Nick Tsurikov webpage, it can be seen that the WLP residue is the one on the borderling of being classified as Very LLW and Exempt waste. So even when discussing Very LLW, it is already at the lower spectrum. Taking that into consideration (i.e. that we are already discussing borderline VLLW and Exempt).

quote from Nick Tsurikov webpage: http://www.calytrix.biz/random/

from the international best practice, IAEA GSG-1, paragraph 2.18, (pp.10-11): 2.18. "An adequate level of safety for VLLW may be achieved by its disposal in engineered surface landfill type facilities. This is the usual practice for waste from some mining operations and for other waste containing naturally occurring radionuclides from various operations involving minerals processing and other activities…. The designs of such disposal facilities range from simple covers to more complex disposal systems and, in general, such disposal systems require active and passive institutional controls. The time period for which institutional controls are exercised will be sufficient to provide confidence that there will be compliance with the safety criteria for disposal of the waste."