Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine. Radioactive waste is hazardous to most forms of life and the environment, and is regulated by government agencies in ...
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Materials left over from making nuclear energy. Radioactive waste can harm living organisms if it is not stored safely. Related category • RECYCLING AND WASTE DISPOSAL
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Materials left over from making nuclear energy. Radioactive waste can living organisms if it is not stored safely.
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material that contains radioactive substances or is contaminated with radioelements at concentrations or activities greater than release levels as established by regulatory bodies and for which no use is foreseen
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Useless material containing radionuclides which is categorised in the nuclear power industry according to activity (and other criteria) as low level, intermediate level, and high level waste.
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<radiobiology> Equipment and materials from nuclear operations which are radioactive and for which there is no further anticipated use. Wastes are generally classified as high-level (having radioactivity concentrations of hundreds to thousands of curies per gallon or cubic foot), low-level (in the range of 1 microcurie per gallon or cubic foo...
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For the purposes of Radiation Protection , radioactive waste can be defined as any Radioactive substances which is no longer required and has no further useful purposes. There are some exact definitions, some which relate to legal meaning. For example, in the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, radioactive waste is define as '...a substance or articl....
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n] - useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed
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Any waste that emits energy as rays, waves, streams or energetic particles. Radioactive materials are often mixed with hazardous waste, from nuclear reactors, research institutions, or hospitals.
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noun useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed
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Any waste that emits radiation in excess of the background level. See nuclear waste
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Materials left over from making nuclear energy. Radioactive waste can harm living organisms if it is not stored safely.
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Materials left over from making nuclear energy. Radioactive waste can harm people and the environment if it is not stored safely.
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