Abstract
The term nuclear waste embraces all residues from the use of radioactive materials, including uses in medicine and industry. The most highly radioactive of these are the spent fuel or reprocessed wastes from commercial nuclear reactors and reactors that produced plutonium for nuclear weapons. The other wastes have much lower levels of activity and have far less potential to cause harm, although the establishment of sites for the disposal of these wastes has encountered public opposition in many parts of the United States.
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(2004). Nuclear Waste Disposal: Amounts of Waste. In: Nuclear Energy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26931-2_10
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