Sentences with phrase «dispose of radioactive»

2011 Self - sinking capsules to investigate Earth's interior and dispose of radioactive waste,

Self - sinking capsules to investigate Earth's interior and dispose of radioactive waste (PDF).

Some critics question whether the department has fully developed a clear plan to dispose of the radioactive waste.

Before that can happen, though, nuclear power will have to overcome the unresolved issue of how to dispose of radioactive fuel waste.

They have difficulty in understanding why experts disagree, whether it be on the safety of particular procedures for disposing of radioactive wastes or on the chance of a herbicide producing deformities in new - born babies.

But disposing of radioactive fallout that clings to walls, seeps into crevices, and coats rescue vehicles is an altogether more vexing problem.

So far, China has not adopted any specific technology for disposing of radioactive waste.

Nuclear energy is less polluting than gas from a climate - changing perspective, but it is costly and viewed skeptically in the United States because of the dangers of disposing of radioactive waste.

Not exact matches

Chihiro Inoue, an expert in soil and groundwater remediation at Tohoku University, says that phytoremediation is worth testing, but warns that even if it works, «you're still left with the problem of how to dispose of the [radioactive] plants».

The research may eventually help lead to ways to safely dispose of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel that is stored now at commercial nuclear power plants.

As the U.S. makes new plans for disposing of spent nuclear fuel and other high - level radioactive waste deep underground, geologists are key to identifying safe burial sites and techniques.

If you put a radioactive waste inside a waste container labeled for halogenated organics, you've now increased the price of disposing of that waste many fold, because now it is radioactive AND halogenated.

And just where all the fuel and other radioactive solid debris on the site will be stored or disposed of long - term has yet to be decided; last month the site's ninth solid waste storage building, with a capacity of about 61,000 cubic meters, went into operation.

The idea was that the polymer would absorb the radioactive water, and would then be recovered and disposed of safely.

There is radioactive rubble to contain or dispose of, undamaged fuel rods to be safely removed (and discarded), and an unknown amount of melted nuclear fuel to contain.

Toys or blankets from home are also not permitted because they would become contaminated and create more radioactive waste to be disposed of.

My own take on this is that people will take the short - term most efficiently expedient actions, which is also the worst thing they can do — they will keep putting those new coal - fired energy plants online or create nuclear fission plants that create radioactive waste that can't be disposed of....

We still have on the books a law that does not allow us to build new nuclear power plants until we have an approved method for disposing of the highly radioactive waste.

Instead, the administration appointed the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future to address, once again, the country's efforts to store and dispose of high - level radioactive wastes.

And the fact that private companies should not be disposing of this kind of material without serious government regulations (Mother Jones reports that the licenses for WSC «don't need detailed approval from federal nuclear regulators because the dump wouldn't handle the highest grades of radioactive waste») is only part of the issue.

Hazardous materials (hazmat) removal workers identify and dispose of asbestos, lead, radioactive waste, and other hazardous materials.