Other Methods

At L'Aube in France all levels of LLW are disposed of in metal drums in concrete cells, and covered with earth. This is a national facility, as is the one in Forsmark where LLW and Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) is buried in steel drums in concrete cells deep in specially-engineered rock caves under the sea. The idea behind these facilities is that all levels of LLW are dangerous.
In Japan there is surface burial, as at Drigg in the UK, but in steel drums in concrete-filled metal containers.
As for the USA...! This method is known as tumble-tipping and was discontinued at Drigg in 1996.

Augean will take the waste either in drums, or in bulk bags, and place them in cells covered immediately by a quantity of soil to reduce emissions. When the cell is full it will be capped by slightly over a metre of soil and rubble. This approach does not appear to be best practice in Europe, and has even been abandoned in the UK.

As recently as July 2009, Dounreay nuclear facility in Scotland received permission to dispose of LLW on its own site. Some of its waste will be more radioactive than at King's Cliffe, but the majority will be the same. When deciding on the best design, it looked at a range of different options, none remotely similar to the King's Cliffe landfill.
Click here to see these options, pp. 18-23 of document.