disposal of nuclear waste
1nuclear waste — n [U] waste material from ↑nuclear reactors, which is ↑radioactive ▪ the problems of nuclear waste disposal …
2Nuclear Waste News — is a biweekly newsletter covering the controversies surrounding the storage, treatment, transport, and disposal of radioactive waste. Features reporting on DOE and EPA regulation … news on the proposed Yucca Mountain repository, the Uniontown… …
3Nuclear Waste Policy Act — During the first 40 years that nuclear waste was being created in the United States, no legislation was enacted to manage its disposal. Nuclear waste, some of which remains dangerously radioactive with a half life of more than one million years,… …
4nuclear waste — noun (U) waste material from nuclear reactors, which is radioactive: There are no easy solutions to the problems of nuclear waste disposal …
5Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository — Yucca Mountain The proposed design …
6nuclear energy — Nuclear energy raised the possibility of cheap, pollution free energy of almost infinite duration that would diversify and revolutionize the traditional energy base. In practice, the application of nuclear energy to the generation of… …
7List of nuclear waste treatment technologies — The following list shows different methods of treating and disposing of nuclear waste:*Deep geological repository *Dry cask storage *Ducrete *Ocean floor disposal *Saltcrete *Spent fuel pool *Spent nuclear fuel shipping cask *Synroc *Waste… …
8nuclear-free zone — noun An area in which the transport, storage, manufacture and deployment of nuclear weapons, and the transport or disposal of nuclear waste, are officially prohibited • • • Main Entry: ↑nuclear …
9Nuclear power — Atomic Power redirects here. For the film, see Atomic Power (film). This article is about the power source. For nation states that are nuclear powers, see List of states with nuclear weapons …
10Nuclear energy in the European Union — Infobox Geopolitical organisation native name = European Union Countries with Nuclear Energy The nuclear energy in the European Union accounts approximately 15% of total energy consumption. The energy policies of the European Union (EU) member… …
