Evaluation of existing treatment techniques and various problems associated with nuclear waste management
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This paper deals with the study of radioactive waste generation and their treatment techniques. The wastes that are generated during the front and back end of the nuclear power production are classified are low, intermediate and high level waste. The various existing process for the treatment for the waste like, reprocessing, pyroprocessing, transmutation, and options available for the disposal of the wastes are studied. Based on this overall study, the wastes are evaluated for their hazard and various questions are raised and an attempt is made is answer them.
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