Question

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What is Nuclear waste? What are the hazards of nuclear waste to living things? ​

Answer 1

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The byproducts of a nuclear reaction are called Nuclear Wastes.

These are radioactive and emit radiations which may cause skin cancer and severe genetic disorders.

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Answer 2

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The definition of nuclear waste is straightforward: It is a radioactive byproduct of nuclear fission.

Nuclear waste is the material that nuclear fuel becomes after it is used in a reactor. From the outside, it looks exactly like the fuel that was loaded into the reactor — assemblies of metal rods enclosing fuel pellets. But since nuclear reactions have occurred, the contents aren’t quite the same.

Nuclear energy is released when a nuclear fuel atom snaps into two. The key component of nuclear waste is the leftover smaller atoms, known as fission products.

The Hazards of nuclear waste to living things?

1. There is no long-term storage solution

Even though nuclear power plants supply 11 percent of the world’s electricity from 449 operating nuclear reactors [5], there are no safe long-term waste storage repositories.

2.  Radioactivity  Emits Particles that are  Capable of damaging human, Animal And Plant Tissues

3. It contaminates the environment.

4. Radioactive wastes and emit radiations ($\alpha $, $\beta $ and $\gamma $) may cause skin cancer and severe genetic disorders.

5. Nuclear waste reprocessing is very polluting and is one of the largest sources of human-generated radioactivity on the planet.