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low-level waste

Low-level radioactive waste A specific form of man-made radioactive waste for which there is reasonable assurance that public exposure–should it occur, presents only a fraction of the current dose limits. See Plutonium, Radioactive waste. Cf High-level waste.

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The DOE is ahead of schedule on packaging nuclear materials for disposal, disposing of low-level waste, and removing buildings, but lags on the tougher and costlier tasks of disposing of transuranic and radioactive tank wastes and closing tanks that contained

Nuclear cleanup slowdown by Dooley, Erin E. / Environmental Health Perspectives

Private and public institutions that generate radioactive waste said the idea of sending some low-level waste to some landfills is worth investigating.

NUKE WASTE RULES MAY BE EASED CHANGE COULD AFFECT ROCKETDYNE CLEANUP by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

47 billion years, (36) and the appropriate isolation time for most low-level waste is a few centuries.

All mixed up about mixed waste by Leonard, Rebecca / Environmental Law

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