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Actually, they are biodegradeable, sort of. Radioactive materials do decay, or become weaker over time. Eventually they become inert, or non-radioactive. The problem is some radioactive isotopes take tens or even hundreds of thousands or millions of years to decay. The decay rate of a radioactive element is measured in half-lives. After one half-life, half of the radioctivity is gone. Take an element with a half-life of ten years. After ten years, there is half of the radioactivity present. After 20 years, one quarter, after 30 years, one eighth, and so forth. Eventually the level will fall to the point it poses no danger. Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24,000 years. Uranium-235, used in nuclear reactors, has a half-life of 713,000,000 years.
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What animals are affected by nuclear waste?
Nuclear wastes may be the cause of radioactive contamination of soils, waters, atmosphere, living beings.
What are radioactive wastes a byproduct of?
A+ Nuclear energy
Radioactive wastes are a byproduct of?
A+ Nuclear energy
What are the precautions to be taken while disposing nuclear wastes?
Stay away from it.
This type of energy produces radioactive wastes that must be disposed of properly.?
nuclear energy
What watses that are environmentally dangerous?
All except perhaps Biodegradable wastes. E-Wastes, Nuclear wastes, Non-Biodegradable, Biomedical etc all harm the environment
Can you show me some pictures of biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes?
i can show you biodegradable pictures
Why is it important to separate biodegradable and non biodegradable wastes?
why is waste for us
Are iron nails non biodegradable wastes?
They are.
Why do you separate biodegradable from non-biodegradable materials?
We segregate our biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes so that all biodegradable can be used as fertilizers while the non biodegradable can be recycled to make different creative products.
Do we consider diapers as non-biodegradable wastes?
yes
What are some solutions to non-biodegradable wastes?
One of the solutions to non-biodegradable wastes can be recycling. Another solution is to embrace the use of biodegradable products as an alternative.
How do you manage biodegradable wastes?
we can manage biodegradable wastes by using landfills
What are non bio degradable e-wastes?
The Chemical substance which is found in circuits of electronic, which is very harmfull and toxic is Non-Biodegradable E-Wastes.
Waste disposal in a vegetable market?
biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes these 2 types of waste are found in a vegetable market 1) biodegradable waste : It can be decomposed ex: food waste 2) non-biodegradable waste:It cannot be decomposed ex:foams
What are wastes that can be broken down and reused called?
Biodegradable Wastes.
What is non-biodegrable waste?
The wastes that do not get mixed with the soil are called non-biodegradable wastes. They pollute the land and destroy our environment. But, this can be prevented. The metallic, plastic or glass wastes can be reused, recycled, reduced or replaced. Nowadays many people are using recycled stuffs.
