Difference between Radioactive waste an e- waste
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Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste(Updated March 2020)
Radioactive wastes are stored so as to avoid any chance of radiation exposure to people, or any pollution.
The radioactivity of the wastes decays with time, providing a strong incentive to store high-level waste for about 50 years before disposal.
Disposal of low-level waste is straightforward and can be undertaken safely almost anywhere.
Storage of used fuel is normally under water for at least five years and then often in dry storage.
Deep geological disposal is widely agreed to be the best solution for final disposal of the most radioactive waste produced.
Most low-level radioactive waste (LLW) is typically sent to land-based disposal immediately following its packaging for long-term management. This means that for the majority (~90% by volume) of all of the waste types produced by nuclear technologies, a satisfactory disposal means has been developed and is being implemented around the world.For used fuel designated as high-level radioactive waste (HLW), the first step is storage to allow decay of radioactivity and heat, making handling much safer. Storage of used fuel may be in ponds or dry casks, either at reactor sites or centrally. Beyond storage, many options have been investigated which seek to provide publicly acceptable, safe, and environmentally sound solutions to the final management of radioactive waste. The most widely favoured solution is deep geological disposal. The focus is on how and where to construct such facilities.Used fuel that is not intended for direct disposal may instead be reprocessed in order to recycle the uranium and plutonium it contains. Some separated liquid HLW arises during reprocessing; this is vitrified in glass and stored pending final disposal.Intermediate-level radioactive waste (ILW) that contains long-lived radioisotopes is also stored pending disposal in a geological repository. In the USA, defence-related transuranic (TRU) waste – which has similar levels of radioactivity to some ILW – is disposed of in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) deep geological repository in New Mexico. A number of countries dispose of ILW containing short-lived radioisotopes in near-surface disposal facilities, as used for LLW disposal.Some countries are at the preliminary stages of their consideration of disposal for ILW and HLW, whilst others, such as Finland and Sweden, have made good progress in the selection of publicly acceptable sites for the future disposal of radioactive waste.The following table sets out the commonly accepted disposal options. When considering these, it should be noted that the suitability of an option or idea is dependent on the wasteform, volume, and radioactivity of the waste. As such, waste management options and ideas described in this section are not all applicable to different types of waste.
Radioactive wastes are stored so as to avoid any chance of radiation exposure to people, or any pollution.
The radioactivity of the wastes decays with time, providing a strong incentive to store high-level waste for about 50 years before disposal.
Disposal of low-level waste is straightforward and can be undertaken safely almost anywhere.
Storage of used fuel is normally under water for at least five years and then often in dry storage.
Deep geological disposal is widely agreed to be the best solution for final disposal of the most radioactive waste produced.
Most low-level radioactive waste (LLW) is typically sent to land-based disposal immediately following its packaging for long-term management. This means that for the majority (~90% by volume) of all of the waste types produced by nuclear technologies, a satisfactory disposal means has been developed and is being implemented around the world.For used fuel designated as high-level radioactive waste (HLW), the first step is storage to allow decay of radioactivity and heat, making handling much safer. Storage of used fuel may be in ponds or dry casks, either at reactor sites or centrally. Beyond storage, many options have been investigated which seek to provide publicly acceptable, safe, and environmentally sound solutions to the final management of radioactive waste. The most widely favoured solution is deep geological disposal. The focus is on how and where to construct such facilities.Used fuel that is not intended for direct disposal may instead be reprocessed in order to recycle the uranium and plutonium it contains. Some separated liquid HLW arises during reprocessing; this is vitrified in glass and stored pending final disposal.Intermediate-level radioactive waste (ILW) that contains long-lived radioisotopes is also stored pending disposal in a geological repository. In the USA, defence-related transuranic (TRU) waste – which has similar levels of radioactivity to some ILW – is disposed of in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) deep geological repository in New Mexico. A number of countries dispose of ILW containing short-lived radioisotopes in near-surface disposal facilities, as used for LLW disposal.Some countries are at the preliminary stages of their consideration of disposal for ILW and HLW, whilst others, such as Finland and Sweden, have made good progress in the selection of publicly acceptable sites for the future disposal of radioactive waste.The following table sets out the commonly accepted disposal options. When considering these, it should be noted that the suitability of an option or idea is dependent on the wasteform, volume, and radioactivity of the waste. As such, waste management options and ideas described in this section are not all applicable to different types of waste.
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The mainly defference of Radioactive waste and E neclear
waste ........ e waste is called e neclear waste......
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What is the difference between nuclear waste and radioactive waste?
NUCLEAR WASTENUCLEAR WASTE • Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. ... NUCLEAR WASTE TYPESNUCLEAR WASTE TYPES HIGH LEVEL WASTE • Spent nuclear reactor fuel – ex: uranium...........
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