https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2019-03-24 19:48:16 UTC 2025-12-12 13:37:23 UTC hello@padlet.com 20frasea https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344601935 2019-03-24 19:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344601935 20frasea https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344602044 The reactors at nuclear power plants use ceramic uranium dioxide pellets that are sealed within metal (zirconium) rods as fuel. After the usable uranium is gone from the rods, the rods must be disposed of. But first, the rods are often processed with chemicals to draw out any unused uranium; this results in HLW, which is liquid waste. Then the rods are usually stored in pools of water (spent fuel pools)near the reactor until a permanent location is prepared. At many plants a more long term storage solution is met by transferring the fuel rods from the spent fuel pools to dry storage in concrete casks. These casks are also keeped on site. ]]> 2019-03-24 19:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344602044 20frasea https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344602093 Plans to store the majority of our nation’s spent nuclear fuel and other highly radioactive waste at a central repository underneath Yucca Mountain in the Nevada desert 80 miles from Las Vegas were first hatched in the mid-1980s. But the project has languished primarily due to opposition from Nevadans who don’t want to import such dangerous materials into their backyard. All nuclear spent fuel in the US is stored on site at the plant it was used at.]]> 2019-03-24 19:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344602093 20frasea https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344602121 Nuclear waste is neither particularly hazardous nor hard to manage relative to other toxic industrial waste. Methods for the final disposal of high-level radioactive waste are technically proven safe.]]> 2019-03-24 19:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344602121 20frasea https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344602132 Nuclear waste is a toxic and radioactive byproduct of nuclear medicine, nuclear weapons manufacturing and nuclear power plants. If disposed of improperly, radioactive waste can devastate the environment, ruining air, water and soil quality.]]> 2019-03-24 19:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/20frasea/w9fq1nnwsudf/wish/344602132