What happens to waste of a nuclear plant system? How waste produced in nuclear power plants are different from those produced in thermal power plants?
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Answer:
Nuclear fuel is used to produce electricity for about five years. Then, it's removed and safely stored until a permanent disposal site becomes available. Nuclear plants also produce low-level radioactive waste which is safely contained and stored and then routinely disposed of at various sites around the country.
Explanation:
The waste in nuclear power plant is radioactive. On the contrary, the waste in thermal power plants is completely non radioactive.
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The waste obtained from nuclear power plants is highly radioactive in nature which emits harmful radiations, whereas waste produced in a thermal power plant is non-radioactive.
Management of nuclear waste is given as follows:
Some products of nuclear waste are buried in sealed steel/lead containers for a long term storage, buried under the ground or dumped in vacated coal mines.
Other waste products transforms into less harmful products or to products with a shorter half life.
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