Radioactive Waste and Contamination—Central Asia
Various aspects of nuclear energy research, nuclear fuel processing, and weapons production took place in every republic of the former Soviet Un...
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Can Radiation Waste from Fission Reactors Be Safely Stored?
Viewpoint: Yes, radiation waste from fission reactors can be safely stored using existing technical expertise and drawing on the experience ...
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Radioactive Waste Storage (Geologic Considerations)
In the 1960s, nuclear power gained popularity as a means of producing power for civilian use. During the next two decades, several nuclear power pla...
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Radioactive Waste
Radioactive waste is what remains after the use or production of radioactive materials. Modern society uses a variety of products and services that depend on radioactive materials. U...
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Radioactive Pollution
Radioactive pollution can be defined as the release of radioactive substances or high-energy particles into the air, water, or earth as a result of human activity, either by ac...
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Radioactive Waste
Radioactive waste is the "garbage" left as a result of the use of nuclear materials by human societies. Such waste can be categorized as low-level, intermediate-level...
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Radioactive Waste Management
Radioactive waste materials are produced as by-products of research, nuclear power generation, and nuclear weapons manufacture. Radioactive waste is classified by the U.S....
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Nuclear Waste
Disposal of nuclear waste has been a contentious issue both in the United States and elsewhere in the world. Difficult questions are involved, including: (1) where should one put the was...
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Nuclear Waste
Kinds of Nuclear Waste
Nuclear waste is radioactive material that has no immediate use. In the United States nuclear waste generally is divided into two main categories: high-level nucle...
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Radioactive Waste
Radioactive waste (or nuclear waste) is a material deemed no longer useful that has been contaminated by or contains radionuclides. Radionuclides are unstable atoms of an element tha...
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Accidents happen, which is exactly what happened at the Chernobyl nuclear plant within the former Soviet Union. The scientists at this plant were conducting illegal tests on nuclear reactors, and the ...
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A series of shipments containing highly radioactive waste will
leave Britain for Japan next year, with possibly more consignments
afterward if Japanese electricity companies agree to a deal o...
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The government approved a plan Wednesday to conduct a
preliminary test to select a site to bury high-level radioactive
waste in the town of Toyo, Kochi Prefecture, government officials
said....
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A town mayor in Kochi Prefecture resigned Thursday in order to
run again in an election and seek voter support for his proposal to
host a site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear po...
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday fined the federal Energy Department $1.1 million over violations of an agreement to clean up the Hanford nuclear reservation, the nation's most pollut...
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A West Texas county where jobs hinge on radioactive waste could soon open the doors to another volatile substance: alcohol.Voters in Andrews County, which borders New Mexico, will decide Saturday w...
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A candidate opposed to a plan for hosting a nuclear dump site is
set to win the mayoral election Sunday in Toyo, Kochi Prefecture,
defeating the former mayor who sought...
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The head of the Yucca Mountain project said Wednesday that although 2017 is the goal for opening the Nevada nuclear waste dump, it will likely happen three or four years after that.There could be m...
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Oslo (dpa) - Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was slated
to raise the storage of nuclear waste on the Russian Kola Peninsula
at a meeting next week with Russian Pre...
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YEKATERINBURG, Russia, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Safety breaches
have caused a radiation leak at a major nuclear reprocessing
plant in the Ural mountains, Russia announced on Monday, but
officials said t...
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Radioactive Waste and Contamination—Central Asia
Can Radiation Waste from Fission Reactors Be Safely Stored
Radioactive Waste Storage (Geologic Considerations)
Radioactive Waste
Radioactive Pollution
Nuclear Waste
Nuclear Waste
Radioactive Waste
Nuclear Waste
FOCUS: Britain eyes returning radioactive waste to Japan in 2008
