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I never find any difficulty in disposal of radioactive waste except the unjustified opposition of the public in some ares to dispose of radioactive waste in their vicinity. Toxic waste is even more difficult. Radioactivity levels reduce by time but toxicity not. Currently; there are well established methods; subject to strict local and international regulations; and approaches to deal with radioactive waste based on the waste form (solid, liquid. gaseous) and the radioactivity level (low, intermediate, high). Primarily; three methods are applied:
- delay and decay: to maintain waste in tanks for some periods of time to allow decay of radioactivity and then to be disposed of to environment.
- dilute and disperse: to dispose to environment (through dilution and dispersion) as ocean, sea, atmosphere, etc.
- contain and concentrate: This is used mainly for high level radioactive waste as spent fuel or the spent fuel reprocessing products; either in wet storage, dry storage, or incineration&containment in barrels, or vitrified waste.
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Conducts research on the storage and disposal of high level radioactive waste.?
Energy<-------
How can the disposal of high-level nuclear waste be a problem?
It's highly radioactive.
Who Conducts research on the storage and disposal of high level radioactive waste?
Energy
