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Radioactive Waste

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Definition: Liquid, solid, or gaseous waste resulting from mining of radioactive ore, production of reactor fuel materials, reactor operation, processing of irradiated reactor fuels, and related operations, and from use of radioactive materials in research, industry, and medicine. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)  specify geog if pertinent    Other names Nuclear Waste; Hazardous Waste, Radioactive; Wastes, Radioactive Hazardous; Wastes, Radioactive; Wastes, Nuclear; Waste, Radioactive Hazardous; Waste, Radioactive; Waste, Nuclear; Radioactive Wastes; Radioactive Hazardous Wastes; Radioactive Hazardous Waste; Nuclear Wastes; Hazardous Wastes, Radioactive

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