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No, it is just stored, actually contained in the spent fuel rods unless these are processed to separate out any useful material like plutonium. Most of the fuel rods discharged from US reactors are stored on the power plant sites in water filled tanks, but eventually some national repository will have to be built to retain this material safely for centuries to come.
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Where will you get disposed of the nuclear waste?
underground
How is nuclear waste disposed?
Nuclear waste is not easily disposed. It goes an abundance of processes to conclude in it becoming 98% less "Radioactive". This Waste is then formed into a childrens "Sweetie" called Toxic Waste. No deaths have yet resulted in this.
What should you do with the nuclear waste products?
it has to be disposed carefully and in the right manner..
What will nuclear waste do to people?
If disposed underground were it belongs, nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Do structures retain nuclear radiation?
Yes, if they are exposed to irradiation or nuclear contamination. That is one of the arguments against nuclear power, that not only is nuclear waste produced in the reactor, but that eventually the entire reactor container will have to be disposed of or isolated.
How is waste disposed in sugar industry?
waste in the sugar factory is disposed often by using hands
How can you use black holes?
As a very expensive garbage disposal. Anything you throw at it (i.e. toxic waste, nuclear waste, etc.) with be disposed of without side effects to the environment.
What kind of nuclear waste are produced by nuclear energy?
Radioactive waves
Which form of energy production creates a radioactive waste product?
Nuclear energy production creates radioactive waste as a byproduct. This waste needs to be carefully managed and disposed of to prevent harm to the environment and human health.
How is nuclear waste contained stored and disposed of and how does it effect nature?
Radioactive wastes are stored in mines; in normal condition they have a nonsignificant effect on the nature.
How is digital waste disposed of?
Digital Waste? Was ist das?
How waste materials be disposed?
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