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    How is nuclear waste disposed of?

    Question #59566. Asked by ilovepuppies. (Sep 25 05 11:27 AM)


    Flynn_17

    		They tend to surround it in a concrete block and bury it, so that the half-life can go and erode itself, but most of the radiation can't escape through the conrete.

    Sep 25 05, 11:37 AM
    picqero

    		Most of the high level waste is reprocessed, the residue being sealed in a type of glass and buried deep underground in stable areas. Low and medium level waste is usually buried in similar areas. There's an excellent, and fairly simple, explanation of nuclear, and radioactive, waste disposal at http://www.uic.com.au/wast.htm

    Sep 25 05, 12:59 PM
    SOTHC

    		It is mixed up so the method of disposal is unclear

    Sep 25 05, 3:24 PM
    mochyn

    		wealthy countries sell it to poorer countries who then bury it

    Sep 25 05, 8:17 PM
    my_baby_love

    		It gets burried in New Jersey.

    Sep 26 05, 3:54 PM

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