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High-level radioactive waste

Author(s) -

Brett Cohen

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

environmental science and technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.851

H-Index - 397

eISSN - 1520-5851

pISSN - 0013-936X

DOI - 10.1021/es00115a722

Subject(s) - citation , computer science , icon , social media , altmetrics , information retrieval , world wide web , library science , data science , programming language

High-level radioactive wastes are discussed and compared with the wastes generated from coal-fired power plants. The quantity of waste generated by a large nuclear power plant in one year amounts to about 2-3 cubic yards,; a quantity five million times smaller by weight, and billions of times smaller by volume than the wastes from a coal burning plant. The author concludes that the burden placed on future generations for storing or disposing of nuclear waste will probably be far less than the burden resulting from the consumption of the earth's high grade mineral resources. (JMT)

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