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Radioactive waste depending on the dosage should be classified as 'pollution'. The waste word used really difines my reasoning. Its waste, unneeded products in our atmosphere, even if it is safe raioactive waste (in which i dont believe there is such a thing because further testing has not been done to work out future effects of radioactive waste on humans we may be slowly mutating) it is still unnatural 'waste' in our atmosphere. Definition of Pollution: the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment. Radiation is not classified as healthy neither is waste and so far as i said there hasn't been further investigating into the long term effects of radiation even small leaks, so i would say that Raioactive waste/leaks should be classed as pollution.

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