Negative Envoirmental Effects of Underground Nuclear Waste Storage by physics https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u By: Vinay and Pravin en-us 2016-05-20 15:48:13 UTC 2024-04-06 22:41:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/114988424/00dbc1d605cecaaa9048b805d0a15467e10ffbab/b020996c344d2f345dd26e4b30743e51.jpg Radioactive waste: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418128 is material that was previously used in a nuclear reactor. The waste has unstable ions which emit energy in form of radiation, the radiation is harmful to both the environment and humans.]]> 2016-05-24 22:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418128 Radioactive waste can remain radioactive for over 1000 years. cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418343 2016-05-24 22:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418343 Works Cited: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418397 "Pollution Issues." Radioactive Waste. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2016.  
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]]> 2016-05-24 22:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418397 cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418620 2016-05-24 22:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418620 Negative Societal Impacts: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418900 Nuclear waste impacts humans in varies ways. Nuclear waste takes up a lot of space to store and is very costly to complete the storage operation. Many people are not trusting and are afraid of the consequences with storing nuclear waste underground. If nuclear waste is exposed to humans it can:

- Lead to cancer and many health problems
- Death
- Mutations in DNA
- Radiation sickness
- Contamination of whole bodies of fresh water rendering them useless]]> 2016-05-24 22:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112418900 Negative Impacts on the Environment: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112419072 If nuclear waste is not stored properly or far underground it can travel through ground, air, and water. Some environmental impacts of nuclear storage disasters result in:
- Animals receiving radiation through their water supply which will affect entire food chains (animals will receive radiation from eating other animals that have radiation)
- Genetic problems for generations of animal species
- Leads to mutations and affects survival of many animals
- Affects the growth rate of plants and trees
- If nuclear waste is released into a body of water it can spread quickly and contaminate the source]]> 2016-05-24 22:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112419072 Positive Societal Impacts: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112605301 When nuclear waste is stored properly humans will benefit greatly since the nuclear waste will never affect their daily life.
-They do not have to be concerned with it as not many people even know about nuclear waste and how it is stored. 
-Many people have the mentality of, if they don't see it then its not a problem
- It doesn't effect one's normal daily routine
-Some storage facilities are stored far away from humans so they would fear less]]> 2016-05-25 23:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112605301 Positive Impacts on the Environment: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112605549 - When nuclear waste is stored safely it is cost effective and safe to use nuclear energy
- Nuclear waste stored deep inside mountains or underground are the safest place to store nuclear waste
- When stored far underground there are limited scenarios in which the nuclear waste would be released into the environment
- Nuclear energy is the very effective way of obtaining energy that does not require any of the Earth's fossil fuels
- Using nuclear power reduces the emission of  greenhouse gasses]]> 2016-05-25 23:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/112605549 Nuclear power and waste management: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113397244
  • Nuclear power is the only large-scale energy-producing technology, which takes full responsibility for all its wastes and cost into the energy
  • The amount of radioactive wastes is very small relative to wastes produced by fossil fuel electricity generation
  • Used nuclear fuel may be treated as a resource or simply as a waste.
  • Nuclear wastes are neither particularly hazardous nor hard to manage relative to other toxic industrial wastes.
  • Safe methods for the final disposal of high-level radioactive waste are technically proven; the international consensus is that this should be deep geological disposal.

    • ]]>     2016-06-01 23:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113397244     THE NEW SOLUTION FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113457233 2016-06-02 11:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113457233 QUICK TIP           Deep Geological Disposal: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113538157 Deep Geological Disposal is where  you store waste far deep into ground and leave it in there ]]> 2016-06-02 22:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113538157 Negative impacts of Underground excavation: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113538433 Many are concerned with this type of method for the following reasons:
    - Groundwater contamination
    - Cave ins 
        • Triggering of surface settlements, structures collapses and           slope instabilities 
        • Drying up of springs and groundwater alterations 
        • Storage and use of excavated materials 
        • Noise 
        • Vibrations sent into the Earth which can cause Earth Quakes
        • Pollution of groundwater
        • Emission of dust and air pollutants]]>     2016-06-02 22:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113538433     Types of Radioactive waste: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113539252
    Low-level waste : 

    -Low-level waste (LLW) is generated from hospitals and industries. It comprises of paper, rags, tools, clothing, and filters, which contain small amounts of radioactivity which is mostly short-lived. To reduce its volume, it is often compacted or incinerated before disposal. It comprises some 90% of the volume but only 1% of the radioactivity of all radioactive waste. 

    Intermediate-level waste :

    Intermediate-level waste (ILW) contains higher amounts of radioactivity.
    Typically comprised of contaminated materials from reactor decommissioning.  It makes up some 7% of the volume and has 4% of the radioactivity of all rad waste. It does not yet require heating to be taken into account in design of storage or disposal facilities. 

    High level waste:

    High-level waste (HLW) arises from the 'burning' of uranium fuel in a nuclear reactor. HLW contains the fission products. It is highly radioactive and hot due to decay heat. HLW accounts for over 95% of the total radioactivity produced in the process of electricity generation. There are two distinct kinds of HLW:

    •Used fuel itself
    •Separated waste from reprocessing the used fuel ]]>     2016-06-02 23:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113539252     cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113539609 2016-06-02 23:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113539609 cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113539969 2016-06-02 23:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113539969 Efficiency: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113540613 Storing nuclear waste underground is efficient to some degree as it allows to create more space above ground. However, efficiency starts to decrease when we run out of space to store the nuclear waste. There are several consequences of storing the waste underground as learned above. Therefore, for now it is the best option we have, so there is efficiency to some degree, otherwise the people wouldn't have decided to use this method. ]]> 2016-06-02 23:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113540613 Nuclear Waste produced by the U.S in 50 YEARS alone: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113541377 -All the used nuclear fuel produced by the U.S. nuclear energy industry in 50 years of operation
    -Approximately 71,790 metric tons
    - if stacked end to end, it willonly cover an area the size of a football field to a depth of about 7 yards.]]>     2016-06-02 23:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113541377     cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113541727 Nuclear Waste Storage Disaster]]> 2016-06-02 23:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113541727 cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113541937 Hanford is a city located in America, that was used to store nuclear waste from the cold war. The nuclear waste that was stored at the site was never stored in acceptable and safe conditions. Thus causing the leak. The disaster lead to:

    - 120 square miles of contaminated water
    - Nuclear waste from the site traveled through the ground into water sources
    - The nuclear waste still has the possibility of reaching the Columbia river if it wasn't being addressed
    - 15 cases of cancer were discovered]]>     2016-06-02 23:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113541937     Learn more below cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113541944 about Radioactive and nuclear waste]]> 2016-06-02 23:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113541944 Questions: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113542735 People may be wondering; Why we don't send the nuclear waste to the Sun?

    Here's why:]]>     2016-06-03 00:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113542735     Conclusion: cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113543269
    -Since the 1950s, scientific organizations around the world have examined the issue of radioactive waste management
    - Most organizations—including the National Academy of Sciences, Office of Technology Assessment, International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Nuclear Energy Agency have reached the same conclusion
    the best and safest long-term option for safely managing high-level radioactive waste is deep geologic disposal.]]>     2016-06-03 00:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113543269     cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113543515 Deep Geological Dispoal]]> 2016-06-03 00:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113543515 Transport cpapros https://padlet.com/cpapros/jpu0ip3iix5u/wish/113624598
    The picture below illustrates a typical transport container used for used fuel. The multi-layer approach to containment is designed to ensure that the most penetrating forms of radiation cannot enter the outer environment. (This is what they put in the ground)


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