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Meanings of nuclear waste in English

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Any waste that emit radiation in excess of normal background level, including the toxic by-products of the nuclear energy industry.

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Examples for "radioactive waste"
Examples for "radioactive waste"
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Nor has there been a long-term definition of what constitutes radioactive waste.
The new yorker
2
He's got twenty tons of radioactive waste and twenty tons of TNT.
Nothing to lose
3
The ban will not affect ongoing discharges of radioactive waste from Sellafield however.
The Irish Times
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The radioactive waste will go into containers and be sent for long-term storage.
The Guardian
5
The United States has debated what to do with radioactive waste for decades.
Reuters
Usage of nuclear waste in English
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Experts suggested the main concern was of inundation causing nuclear waste leaks.
The Guardian
2
In Switzerland a community was asked if it would accept nuclear waste.
The Guardian
3
A ghoul's digestion can handle anything, up to and including nuclear waste.
The Bride Wore Black Leather
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Their plan to store nuclear waste in the ice sheets never materialized.
Wired
5
A chip of this stuff makes nuclear waste look like secondhand smoke.
Death masks
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The reactor creates intermediate nuclear waste, which remains dangerous for thousands of years.
Wired
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We've already burdened future generations with government debt, nuclear waste and greenhouse gases.
The Guardian
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There was the location: an impoverished, nuclear waste-riddled area of the American Midwest.
Radio NZ
9
Ouster technology is also being used in security systems at nuclear waste facilities.
Reuters
10
They worry shipping nuclear waste across the country would create targets for terrorists.
Reuters
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So presumably the major objection remains the dilemma of dealing with nuclear waste.
The Irish Times
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Officials delay reopening of New Mexico nuclear waste site ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
Reuters
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While other power stations are consuming nuclear waste, Hinkley will be producing it.
The Guardian
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The Environmental Agency regulates the disposal of nuclear waste in England and Wales.
The Irish Times
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Some say the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository is a smokescreen for it.
The athena project: a thriller
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It was then that we hit upon the nuclear waste idea.
The Big U
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