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Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste. Most low-level radioactive waste is typically sent to land-based disposal immediately following its packaging. Many long-term waste management options have been investigated worldwide which seek to provide publicly acceptable, safe, and environmentally sound solutions to the management of intermediate ...
The storage and handling of civil nuclear wastes has been safely undertaken for more than 50 years. The aim in radioactive waste management is to protect people and the environment utilising three general principles – concentration and containment, dilution and dispersal, delay and decay. The first two principles
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Information on nuclear energy and the nuclear fuel cycle from the World Nuclear Association.
disposal, site decommissioning, remediation and closure. This document sets out principles for the management of radiation, health and safety, waste and the environment applicable to sites throughout the world.
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Nuclear waste is neither particularly hazardous nor hard to manage relative to other toxic industrial wastes. The amount of radioactive waste is very small relative to wastes produced by fossil fuel electricity generation. Safe methods for the final disposal of high-level rad...
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A compendium of radioactive waste management policies in different countries, and how they are funded. / information -library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-wastes/appendices/radioactive-waste-management-appendix-2-national-p.aspx
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Radioactive materials which occur naturally and where human activities increase the exposure of people to ionising radiation are known by the acronym 'NORM'. NORM results from activities such as burning coal, making and using fertilisers, oil and gas production.
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Data on all nuclear power reactor, decommissioned, operating and under construction, worldwide.
Safeguards to Prevent Nuclear Proliferation
Most countries participate in international initiatives designed to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The international safeguards system has since 1970 successfully prevented the diversion of fissile materials into weapons.
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The basic fuel for a nuclear power reactor is uranium. Uranium occurs naturally in the Earth's crust and is mildly radioactive. Depleted uranium is a by-product from uranium enrichment.