Radioactive Waste Disposal
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| Questions in this Category Are in the Following Subcategories: |
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| • Disposal | ||
| • Low Level Waste | ||
| • U.S. High Level Waste Issues (Yucca Mountain) | ||
| • Mixed Waste |
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| • Miscellaneous | ||
| Disposal |
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| Q7193 | – | Air sampling in rad waste area |
| Q8231 | – | Monitoring for alpha emitters |
| Q8516 | – | Disposal of lead lining |
| Q9858 | – | Disposal of iodine-125 via decay in storage |
| Q9860 | – | Disposal of strontium-85/strontium-82 Generator Waste |
| Q10119 | – | Cremation and I-125 prostate implant seeds |
| Low Level Waste |
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| Q10391 | – | Siting criteria for an LLW disposal facility |
| U.S. High Level Waste Issues (Yucca Mountain) |
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| Q10009 | – | Disposal of radioactive waste - vitrification |
| Mixed Waste |
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| Q10400 | – | When radioactive waste is mixed waste |
| Miscellaneous |
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| Q10203 | – | Transportation of hazardous materials |
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