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What is the name of the Defunct nuclear waste storage site in Nevada?
It is the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository.
Will nuclear waste be dangerous to future generations?
Absolutely ! Nuclear waste takes hundreds - perhaps thousands of years to decay. Many generations of people to come will have to manage the storage and disposal of nuclear waste.
What country is the only country currently looking into permanent waste storage for nuclear waste?
a dumb country
What does the nuclear waste policy act of 1982 accomplish?
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 set a timetable for both temporary and permanent storage of nuclear waste in the United States by the mid 1990s. There is no permanent storage facility, and there are no temporary storage facilities, so one might be tempted to say the act did not accomplish anything at all. Nevertheless, it did enable the nuclear industry to create waste without having a place or procedure to deal with it.
How is holding nuclear waste good for the coomunity?
The government and companies will pay states and cities money for using their land for storage of nuclear waste. Nuclear waste can be dangerous, but when stored safely it is no danger. Nuclear waste is produced by nuclear power plants, which produce large amounts of cheap electricity.
Which type of storage facility is assumed to be safe for long-term storage of nuclear waste products?
salt mines
Which is the main issue that limits the degree that nuclear power is used for energy?
the effective storage and disposal of nuclear waste
Which is a characteristic of surface high-level nuclear waste storage that is not a characteristic of storing the waste in a geological repository?
easily recovered
Does Nuclear fission as used in nuclear power plants produces radioactive waste with long half lives?
yes, Nuclear fission as used in nuclear power plants produces radioactive waste with long half lives. However, this creates no problems. This wastes are either confined in the spent nuclear fuel (that is stored either in wet storage or in dry storage facilities) or stored as vitrified nuclear waste.
Why is it impossible for scientists to be sure that storage of nuclear waste is safe?
i really do not know i am just guessijn
What has the author J E Mendel written?
J. E Mendel has written: 'The storage and disposal of radioactive waste as glass in canisters' -- subject(s): Glass waste, Radioactive wastes, Nuclear facilities, Storage, Waste disposal
What is the problem with storing nuclear waste material?
The challenge of making nuclear power safer doesn't end after the power has been generated. Nuclear fuel remains dangerously radioactive for thousands of years after it is no longer useful in a commercial reactor. The resulting waste disposal problem has become a major challenge for policymakers.
