what is alarming about the nuclear waste?
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The spent fuel rods are the most Radioactive of all nuclear wastes. It's stored in a storage pool to the reactor only for sometime i.e., temporarily.
Radiations given out by spent fuel rods is absorbed by boric acid .
The two types of Health effects these radiations can create are :-
Somatic Effect :- This Effect leads to diseases like cancer.
Genetic Effects :- The radiation can cause a change in the genes which are then passed on to the coming generations.
Nuclear energy produced from fission reaction is a very important source of energy, but it should be used by taking utmost precautionary measures, particularly in the nuclear reactor. A Battery Way, though, is to build a nuclear fusion reactor which does not involve radioactive substances.
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