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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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If low-level waste is discovered it will be taken to Drigg, near Sellafield.
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Swedish nuclear technology company Studsvik AB (OMX Stockholm:SVIK) declared on Monday that it has signed a contract with Italy-based SOGIN, valued at approximately SEK73m, for the treatment and conditioning of organic low-level waste.
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We just don't keep that kind of data," says Bob Nelson, chief of the low-level waste and regulation issues section in the NRC's Division of Waste Management.
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