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radioactive waste
noun
- the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
radioactive waste
noun
- any waste material containing radionuclides Also callednuclear waste
radioactive waste
- Radioactive materials that may be left after a commercial or laboratory process has been carried out. Some is “low-level” waste, such as objects that have touched the radioactive tracers used in certain medical tests. Other waste may be “high-level,” such as the material left in a nuclear reactor after the fuel has been consumed.
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Word History and Origins
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Just ask the scientists tasked with warning civilizations thousands of years in the future, which may not understand any of the world’s current languages, about radioactive waste that will still pose a threat in their time.
On top of that, the process doesn’t create any long-lived radioactive waste, unlike conventional nuclear power plants.
Very little indicates it’s the final resting place for radioactive waste.
Mayak, a nuclear facility, has several nuclear reactors and is a storage site for radioactive waste.
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