nuclear waste is worst
nuclear waste
Yes, there is nuclear waste in space.
nuclear waste is a by product of nuclear power plants, or in the creation of nuclear weapons.
nuclear waste contains about 90 % of nuclear fuel but it is much harmful then nuclear itself.
U-238 --> alpha + gamma + Th-234, halflife 4.51E9 yearsTh-234 --> beta- + gamma + Pa-234, halflife 24.10 daysPa-234 --> beta- + gamma + U-234, halflife 6.66 hours
Because you can reuse 17% of nuclear waste and use it as if it was new.
The halflife of a particular isotope simply tells how long it will remain dangerously radioactive. By storing the spent fuel rods on site much of the shorter lived more intense radiation will have decayed before moving it to a long term repository.
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.
All countries that have nuclear reactors have nuclear waste and it is always a problem, though a manageable one.
Nuclear waste is NOT renewable. It is typically buried and sealed off because of its non-usability and the radiation damage that can afflict people from being in the vicinity of nuclear waste.
For now nuclear waste is stored on site where the waste was generated. In a few years US will begin to store nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada but no official date has been set.