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radioactive waste
radioactive waste material containing the unusable radioactive byproducts of the scientific, military, and industrial applications of nuclear energy. Since its radioactivity presents a serious health hazard (see radiation sickness ), disposing of such material is a great problem. Methods of... Read more |
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Radioactive waste storage
Radioactive Waste Storage █ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER The storage of radioactive waste generated by the use and production of radioactive materials within the United States remains a contentious national security issue. The security of these materials, many taking thousands of years to decay,... Read more |
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Waste
Waste Waste has been defined as a moveable object with no direct use that is discarded permanently. There are many different kinds of waste, including solid, liquid, gaseous, hazardous, radioactive, and medical. Wastes can also be defined by generator, for example, municipal, commercial,... Read more |
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Nuclear Waste
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982) Joseph P. Tomain Regulation of nuclear power was transferred from military to civilian control with the passage of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Although the dangers of radioactivity were known before the act, it was not until the passage of the Nuclear... Read more |
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solid waste
solid waste discarded materials other than fluids. In the United States in 1996, nearly 210 million tons—about 4.3 lb. (2 kg) per person daily (up from 2.7 lb./1.2 kg in 1960)—were collected and disposed of by municipalities. In that year, municipal garbage included 12.4 million tons of... Read more |
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Waste disposal
Waste disposal Waste management is the handling of discarded materials. Recycling and composting, which transform waste into useful products, are forms of waste management. The management of waste also includes disposal, such as landfilling. Waste can be almost anything, including food, leaves,... Read more |
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American Ecology Corp
American Ecology Corporation 300 E. Mallard Drive, Suite 300Boise, Idaho 83706U.S.A.Telephone: (208) 331-8400Toll Free: (800) 590-5220Fax: (208) 331-7900Web site: http://www.americanecology.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1984Employees: 178Sales: $54.2 million (2004)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker... Read more |
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Yucca Mountain
Yucca Mountain The United States has accumulated more than forty thousand tons of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes from commercial, research, and defense activities with an estimated two thousand tons added every year. The materials are currently stored in thirty-nine states at... Read more |
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Grand Junction
Grand Junction city (1990 pop. 29,034), seat of Mesa co., W Colo., at the junction of the Gunnison and Colorado rivers; inc. 1891. The shipping and processing center of a large ranch and irrigated farm region, it also serves the area's uranium, oil shale, gas, and coal-mining industries. Electronic... Read more |
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cesium
cesium [Lat.,=bluish gray], a metallic chemical element; symbol Cs; at. no. 55; at. wt. 132.9054; m.p. 28.4°C; b.p. 669.3°C; sp. gr. 1.873 at 20°C; valence +1. Cesium is a ductile, soft-as-wax, silver-white metallic element. It is in Group 1 of the periodic table . An alkali metal ,... Read more |
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radioactive waste management
...waste is a hazardous waste substance, the toxicity...which is derived from the radioactive decay of some of its...presence of significant radioactive decay is the only feature distinguishing radioactive wastes from other ... |
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waste disposal methods
waste disposal methods Methods...for the disposal of wastes are designed to minimize...or toxic. Hazardous wastes also include radioactive materials, which are not discussed here. Waste disposal methods include...ploughed to aerate the ... |
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nuclear waste
nuclear waste Residues containing radioactive substances. After uranium, plutonium...been removed, some long-lived radioactive elements remain, such as caesium...strontium-90. The storage of nuclear waste is a major environmental issue... |
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pollution
...systems that discharged wastes either into rivers or...effective in cleansing human waste and killing the pathogens...quantities of dangerous radioactive waste, this too was...banning of the disposal of radioactive waste in ... |
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rock mechanics
...for new uses, such as the disposal of radioactive waste or underground storage. Civil engineering...water flow, temperature, and time.Radioactive waste disposal. The primary aim of radioactive waste disposal is to isolate ... |
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industrial minerals
...exchange makes it possible to remove soluble radioactive elements from low-level radioactive waste solutions; and in the detergent industry zeolites...barriers, particularly for sites of landfill waste disposal. Richard E. Bevins |
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tracers and groundwater
...per day. At the other extreme of flow velocities, radioactive isotopes such as tritium (3H) and chlorine-36...in aquifers and to characterize sites proposed for radioactive waste disposal. J. BahrBibliography Bonacci, O. (1987... |
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
...decommissioning of closed plants, and evaluating the complex and politically sensitive issue of the disposal of radioactive waste materials.See also Antinuclear Protest Movements; Environmentalism; Federal Government, Executive Branch: Other... |
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Geological Surveys
...such as the relationship between subsurface geology and groundwater contamination, groundwater depletion, radioactive‐waste disposal, and a host of other problems—gave geological surveys a renewed relevance. Individual surveys carved... |
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ocean basins
...plain in the world is the Madeira Abyssal Plain. (It was once considered as a possible site for the disposal of radioactive waste.) It is oversupplied because the area from which sediments are drained (which includes part of the north-west... |
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radioactive waste
radioactive waste Any discarded substance that is radioactive. Wastes are classified as...and high-level wastes are mainly from...or from military waste. High-level waste...hot and intensely ... |
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nuclear waste
nu·cle·ar waste • n. radioactive waste material, for example from the use or reprocessing of nuclear fuel. |
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low-level waste
low-level waste See RADIOACTIVE WASTE. |
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high-level waste
high-level waste See RADIOACTIVE WASTE. |
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fast breeder reactor
...60 per cent of the fissionable material in the fuel elements is converted to useful energy compared to 0.5–1 per cent in burner reactors. Plutonium can be recycled, but other radioactive products are waste. See radioactive waste. |
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disposal
...getting rid of something: the disposal of radioactive waste. ∎ (also dis·pos·er) inf. an electrically operated device fitted to the waste pipe of a kitchen sink for grinding up food waste: garbage disposals that never worked... |
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near-field barrier
near-field barrier In the disposal of radioactive waste, the containers in which waste is held, the vault in which these are stored, and the immediately surrounding rocks, which prevent... |
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HLW
HLW headlamp wipe(rs) (in motor advertisements)• high-level (radioactive) waste |
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LLLW
LLLW liquid low-level (radioactive) waste |
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permanent
...ˈpərmənənt/ • adj. lasting or intended to last or remain unchanged indefinitely: a permanent ban on the dumping of radioactive waste at sea damage was not thought to be permanent some temporary workers did not want a permanent job. ∎ lasting or continuing... |
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drum
...tap, pounding, thump, thud, rattle, pitter-patter, pit-a-pat, rat-a-tat, thrum. 3. a drum of radioactive waste synonyms: canister, barrel, cylinder, tank, bin, can; container. • verb 1. she drummed her fingers on... |
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pollute
...defile, taint When a factory pours harmful chemicals or wastes into the air or water, it is said to pollute the environment...unsuspected or not immediately noticeable (milk contaminated by radioactive fallout from a nuclear plant accident). Adulterate often... |
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Radioactive waste
...about radioactivity and radioactive waste. Emotive language implies...imported high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and spent...Compared to other types of waste, the volume of radioactive...AUSTRALIAN WASTE ... |
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL:BARBARA BOXER
...the Corps sent this radioactive waste to Buttonwillow...required that all wastes generated from cleanups...licensed low level radioactive waste facilities. That...equipped to deal with radioactive waste. ... |
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPORT RELEASED, PUBLIC CITIZEN RECOMMENDS 'NO' VOTE ON...
...other radioactive waste. Bills HB 2184...out of state radioactive wastes currently are...Level Radioactive Waste Compact, which...importation of radioactive wastes. It cites a...Texas ... |
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE MATERIAL:BARBARA BOXER
...the Corps sent this radioactive waste to Buttonwillow...required that all wastes generated from cleanups...licensed low level radioactive waste facilities. That...equipped to deal with radioactive waste. ... |
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Radioactive Waste Costs Crimp Medical Research
...000 to get rid of radioactive waste from medical research...Loyola's bill for radioactive garbage will increase...doctors routinely use radioactive tracer drugs to diagnose...drugs do not cause a waste problem because they... |
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Waste Immobilization in Glass and Ceramic Based Hosts: Radioactive, Toxic and...
...and Markets: Waste Immobilization...Based Hosts: Radioactive, Toxic and Hazardous Wastes(C)1994-2010...s new book "Waste Immobilization...Based Hosts: Radioactive, Toxic and Hazardous Wastes" to their offering...different ... |
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IMPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE:MARGARET M. DOANE
...importation of low-level radioactive waste.As requested by the...levelradioactive waste imports, the federal...onsecurity, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act Compact...dumping`` their radioactive ... |
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Radioactive politics: like the stuff itself, the politics of radioactive...
...promised a new approach to radioactive waste, characterised by...mind' approach to waste. Radioactive waste remains a direct...commitment on radioactive waste. It is time for politicians...plans for a ... |
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Radioactive Waste in Perspective.
...addition of the "Radioactive Waste in Perspective...volumes of hazardous wastes are produced each...of radioactive waste into perspective...contrasting features of radioactive and hazardous wastes, together ... |
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LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE:DR. ALAN PASTERNAK
...lowlevelradioactive waste is limited and...agenciesthat use radioactive materials in thirtyfour...fullylicensed to dispose of waste classesA, B...waste, the least radioactive category of LLRW...A)lowlevel radioactive ... |
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