Sentences with phrase «radioactive material produced»

And compared to the byproducts of nuclear plants, which remain radioactive for thousands of years, the small amount of radioactive material produced in fusion reactions would remain radioactive for tens of years, Synakowski said.

In a bid to restart discussion of what to do with the nation's nuclear waste, four U.S. senators today unveiled a draft plan to create a federal agency that would oversee short - and long - term storage of the highly radioactive materials produced primarily by commercial power reactors.

Not exact matches

It would use abundant raw materials and produce no emissions or radioactive waste.

«Our gel helps regain control of the radioactive material and produces 90 percent less waste than water,» claims Shaun McCabe, president of Asia - Pacific systems for CBI Polymers, which recently donated 100 five - gallon pails of its cleaner to the Fukushima cleanup effort and hopes to sell hundreds more there.

What's more, even the neutrinos being produced in the interior of the earth because some radioactive material is in there, and that's producing heat that's heating the interior of our planet.

A number of radiotherapies that marry a small but potent amount of radioactive material and a targeted molecular compound have been gaining traction as progressive treatments for malignant NETs, which can develop wherever nerve cells and hormone - producing endocrine cells are present (e.g., gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, lungs, thyroid).

There may well be, as suggested above, a field for the national or private production of such radioactive materials which will require a pile to produce mate -[39] rials for industrial and other peaceful uses.

In addition, the ALARA Committee reviews all requests for use of radioactive materials and radiation - producing devices, reviews records of personnel dosimetry, and decides whether or not authorization for use is to be granted.

You aren't mining radioactives for fuel, but are other components going to have impacts, or does it use streams of materials we're already producing somewhere?