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It would cause pollution because it would harm men or animals using the land, and would contaminate food produced on the land. However this is not allowed to happen, nuclear waste is carefully controlled and confined to waste stores designed for the purpose
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Why should nuclear waste be dumped in the desert?
It shouldn't. The exportation of toxic and dangerous substances to a foreign land is illegal under international law.
Is nuclear waste renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable and nonrenewable resources are being used every day. Both these resources help us with everyday life, although some are better for the economy than others. They are both sources of Energy.
What are solutions for nuclear waste and radiation?
Solutions for Nuclear WasteA lot of things are currently done with nuclear "waste". First it should be understood that the majority of what people consider waste is actually "spent nuclear fuel". This is fuel that comes out of a reactor after it has been used for electricity production. What most people don't know is that although the fuel isn't fit for further use in a reactor, it contains a great deal of uranium and other isotopes with a very high energy content. The reason it is referred to as waste is because we (the U.S.) currently don't have a way to utilize this material. This is due to a ban on reprocessing in our country. Through reprocessing we can separate out the nuclear material that can still be used as fuel from that which can't. Around 95% of the spent fuel is actually uranium that can be reprocessed. As for disposal, several methods exist to keep nuclear material away from humans and vice versa. Geologic disposal (such as the Yucca Mountain facility), transmutation (a process wherein radioactive material is changed into more stable forms), and reuse of fuel material in advanced reactor designs. I'm only aware of storage currently being used, transmutation and advanced reactors are currently under development around the globe.A great deal of R&D and policy decisions are needed before the nuclear waste issue can be completely solved. The R&D work is being carried out at universities and laboratories around the world and hopefully the policy-makers will have come to their senses before it is too late.One possible solution to the problem would be to re-enrich the uranium in the spent fuel and develop advanced reactor fuels to burn long-lived radioisotopes (such as transuranic elements). If these can be removed from the waste, the time frame for required observation of geologically disposed waste would be reduced to a few hundred years; a much more manageable scale than the current requirement of thousands of years. Not only would this reduce the long-term waste liability of these materials, it would also provide a new energy source from the spent fuel.Here are more opinions and answers from other FAQ Farmers:There are no good solutions. Right now the government is planning on burrying our nuclear waste in a saced native American mountain where it can leach into the ground eventually. Also, this option would only get rid of some of the waste. We need to start investing in renuable energy like wind and solar energy.Currently nuclear waste goes into the ocean in areas not controlled by any particular country [over 12 miles from land, I can't remember the actual distance].
Effects of radioactive waste on wildlife?
Nuclear waste is carefully stored and never spread around the environment unless there is a serious accident like at Chernobyl, or resulting from fallout from nuclear weapon use. At Chernobyl there were reports of vegetation being discolored, but this was due to quite exceptional levels of contamination which have never been remotely approached in the US or W Europe. I'm not aware of reports on atmospheric weapon tests, most of which were in the Soviet Union, so not reported on. More recently of course all nuclear tests have been underground. Most attention has been given to effects on humans, but clearly animals grazing on contaminated land will pick up some radiation. This happened after Chernobyl in countries as far away as the UK and meat from sheep in some areas was banned for quite a long time, though the actual levels were very low, not enough to make the sheep ill, but detectable. Low level discharges from Sellafield fuel processing plant into the Irish Sea have occurred, and the effects are monitored by analysing fish caught nearby, but I'm not aware of any resulting ban on fishing.
Why did you call it JLS?
i call it JLS CAUSE it stands for jack the land swing.
Why is nuclear waste a type of land pollution?
It is radioactive material that can cause cancers and mutation. It can leak into rivers, destroy soil and harm ecosystems if not properly disposed of, causing mutations and possible destroy a whole ecosystem.
What are 4 sources of land pollution caused by solid waste?
what are the sources of land pollution
Stuff about land pollution?
pollution is caused by humansm and there misuse and improper dispoal of waste
What can you get from land pollution?
Land pollution can cause fires and other horrible things.
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.
What can pesticides mining and manufacturing cause?
It can cause land pollution.
What Arab countries bury nuclear waste in their land?
I really want to know if Arab countried really bury nuclear waste of western countries in their and
What objects can be polluted by solid waste?
anything. water, land...solid waste still is pollution and carries chemicals.
How does cigarettes cause land pollution?
one of the causes of land pollution is because of the cigarette butts that has been thrown on the grown.
What are the causes and harmful effects of land pollution?
Us we cause land pollution by throwing around rubbish
What land pollution?
putting something on the land that makes the soil less productive or dangerous to living things
What is the effect of land pollution?
Land pollution normally becomes a hazard or endangers the life of animals that live in the given area. Land pollution may also cause a degradation of vegetation and natural habitats.
