The US department of energy plans to deposit high-level nuclear waste at <u>Yucca Mountain, Nevada</u> for long-term storage.
Nuclear Waste: Radioactive by-products resulting from the fusion, fission, purification, or processing of radioactive material. This includes all solid and liquid radioactive waste. This does not include treatment and storage facilities for such waste.
Transuranic waste includes man-made materials contaminated with radioactive elements (neptunium, americium, plutonium, etc.) and arises primarily from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel and the use of plutonium in the manufacture of nuclear weapons. Activities that generate or use radioactive materials Materials can generate radioactive waste. Radioactive waste is dangerous because it releases radioactive particles. Improper disposal may pose a hazard to human health and the environment.
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