Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
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Almost all major nuclear operations produce residues containing radioactive materials; in reactor operations, for example, the fission products, new elements (such as plutonium) produced by neutron irradiation and the unfissioned nuclear fuel are all radioactive. Some of this material can be put to further use: useful radioisotopes, for instance, can be extracted from the fission products and plutonium can be extracted for subsequent use as concentrated nuclear fuel. Theoretically, it should be possible to find some application for most of the radioactive substances that are produced in the course of atomic operations.
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