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castortr0y [4]
4 years ago
14

Explain why spent nuclear fuel rods have to be treated as hazardous waste.

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galben [10]4 years ago
7 0

When fuel rods in a nuclear reactor are “spent,” or no longer usable, they are removed from the reactor core and replaced with fresh fuel rods. The spent fuel rods are still highly radioactive and  continue to generate significant heat for decades. The fuel assemblies, which consist of dozens to hundreds of fuel rods each, are moved to pools of water to cool. They are kept on racks in the pool, submerged in more than twenty feet of water, and water is continuously circulated to draw heat away from the rods and keep them at a safe temperature. plz give me the brainliest answer

aleksandrvk [35]4 years ago
4 0

Answer:

The spent nuclear fuel rods are have to be treated as a hazardous waste because it takes almost 10 years to cool down and it is harmful at that time at well. It should be handled with care.

The rods that is once used can be refilled with the radioactive material which is highly explosive.

It takes almost 10, 000 years to cool down the nuclear fuel rods so it is equally harmful so it is kept in water for a very long period of time.

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