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Has Eddy City New Mexico found a safe way to dispose of radioactive waste yet?
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What is the biggest with radioactive waste?
The biggest problem with radioactive waste is how to safely and properly dispose of it. Finding suitable disposal facilities for radioactive waste is difficult. Depending on the type of waste disposed, the disposal facility may need to contain radiation for a very long time.
What are the dangers of not disposing of waste in the correct way?
Well... it depends what kind of waste you are going to dispose. Lets say the waste is a biohazard you must dispose of in the correct way otherwise you might get injured. Not physically like broken bones or cuts. No. Some problems recycling radioactive waste the incorrect way would be rashes and exposure to radioactive chemicals entering your body. Lets say you are going to dispose of expired food in a trash can. That type of waste is not dangerous. However if on your food (lets say bread) mold appears, keep the bag closed and dispose of fast. Otherwise mold will spread penetrating through the bag and on to the surface the bread was on.
Why not dispose of nuclear waste in a volcano?
Mecause melting does not destroy the radioactivity. Whatever burns would cause radioactive ash/smoke that would be carried away on the wind. the rest would just turn a patch of the lava radioactive.
Why is disposal of radioactive waste a difficult issue?
I never find any difficulty in disposal of radioactive waste except the unjustified opposition of the public in some ares to dispose of radioactive waste in their vicinity. Toxic waste is even more difficult. Radioactivity levels reduce by time but toxicity not. Currently; there are well established methods; subject to strict local and international regulations; and approaches to deal with radioactive waste based on the waste form (solid, liquid. gaseous) and the radioactivity level (low, intermediate, high). Primarily; three methods are applied:delay and decay: to maintain waste in tanks for some periods of time to allow decay of radioactivity and then to be disposed of to environment.dilute and disperse: to dispose to environment (through dilution and dispersion) as ocean, sea, atmosphere, etc.contain and concentrate: This is used mainly for high level radioactive waste as spent fuel or the spent fuel reprocessing products; either in wet storage, dry storage, or incineration&containment in barrels, or vitrified waste.
How radioactive waste is disposed?
Most radioactive waste is sealed in special containers, and buried underground. Medical waste that may be radioactive is taken to landfills.
How do you dispose of liquid waste?
you dispose it properly where it will not harm anything or anybody.
Why are nuclear waste at times said to be a problem which is too complicated to solve?
Nuclear wastes are sometimes said to be a problem too difficult to solve because the waste stays radioactive for so long. The only thing that gets rid of nuclear waste is time.
What has the author Robert E Berlin written?
Robert E. Berlin has written: 'Radioactive waste management' -- subject(s): Radioactive waste disposal, Radioactive waste sites
How do Japanese dispose their waste?
pisot
How do you dispose of wet waste?
in a trash
What does anus do?
they dispose waste of the earthworms.
How do you dispose of stannous chloride?
You have to put it in a glass bottle and dispose of it as hazardous waste.
