Abstract
While high-level waste has received the lion’s share of the public’s attention, it is not the only waste problem linked with nuclear power. In fact, analyses indicate that it is not even the most important one. Several other nuclear waste issues must be addressed and we will consider them here.
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Cohen, B.L. (1990). More on Radioactive Waste. In: The Nuclear Energy Option. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6002-3_12
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