radioactive waste

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Meaning

useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed

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There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. David R. Brower

If Yucca Mountain had not been designated as a dumpsite for radioactive waste in 1987, it might easily have become a scenic overlook on the long drive between Tonopah and Las Vegas. Wil S. Hylton

All radionuclides contained in the waste have a half-life —the time it takes for half of the atoms to decay into another nuclide —and eventually all radioactive waste decays into non-radioactive elements (i. Source: Internet

Ecological development was further spurred by environmental concerns about radioactive waste from nuclear energy and postwar atomic weapons production. Source: Internet

Between 1978 and 1985, crew members also engaged in direct action against the ocean-dumping of toxic and radioactive waste, the grey seal hunt in Orkney and nuclear testing in the Pacific. Source: Internet

Deep borehole disposal is the concept of disposing of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear reactors in extremely deep boreholes. Source: Internet

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