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The management of radioactive wastes (1983)
| Author | UKAEA |
| Date | March 1983 |
| Classification | 6.01.5.50/20 (WASTE - RADIOACTIVE WASTE GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
The management of radioactive wastes P A H Saunders Nuclear Environment Branch, Harwell, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Like all industries, the electricity generation industry produces wastes. Whatever fuels are used the waste products must be managed in ways which safeguard human health and minimise environmental impact. Very large quantities of waste materials result from the burning of coal; a large power station emits over one hundred thousand tons of noxious material into the atmosphere and produces nearly a million tons of ash each year. Tall stacks ensure that the atmospheric emissions are widely dispersed and thus diluted to very low concentrations. Some ash is used commercially and the remainder is disposed of, generally to land-fill sites. Nuclear power is characterised by the large amount of energy available from relatively small amounts of fuel-one ton of uranium in a modem nuclear station produces as much electricity as 25,000 tons of coal. It follows that the resultant quantities of waste are relatively small. However, many of the constituents are radioactive. These emit radiation and must be managed so as not to endanger man and other living organisms.
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