Nuclear Waste

What is nuclear waste?

• used reactor fuel

• irradiated tools and clothing

• old reactor parts

• all of the above

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Which is NOT a problem long-term underground storage of nuclear waste.

• the waste will last for 10,000 years

• waste may leak into the water table

• earthquakes

• thieves stealing waste

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What does the US currently do with its nuclear waste?

• store at reactors in storage pools

• ship to Yucca Mountain and bury

• recycle in a reprocessing plant

• dump directly into rivers

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The proposed long-term repository for nuclear waste in the US is named

• Yucca Mountain, NV

• Cheronbyl, Ukraine

• Los Alamos, NM

• Fukushima, Japan

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What is nuclear waste?

• Unused energy

• Radioactive materials that are no longer useful

• Smoke released from nuclear reactors

• Water used in nuclear reactors

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Where is nuclear waste usually stored?

• In the ocean

• Underground away from people

• Above the ground in storage coolers

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Currently, how is nuclear waste store?

• buried deep below the surface of the earth

• in wet and dry storages at nuclear facilities

• sent out to space

• dropped into the ocean

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__________________ is a dangerous problem with nuclear fuel.

What is this picture showing?

• the place where we wanted to bury all the nuclear waste from the US

• the place where they dig uranium out of the ground

• the place where nuclear power is created for Virginia

• the place in Nevada where there was a major nuclear accident

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Choose the option that is NOT used to deal with spent reactor fuel.

• stored underground

• stored in storage pools at the reactor

• recycled in a special chemical factory

• fired into the sun on a rocket

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