ype of items associated with transuranic waste are equipment, clothes and trash used during operations (Horgan 24D).
High-level waste requires heavy shielding to protect those who handle it. It is characterized both by high levels of radiation and intense heat. within the category of high-level waste, there are two types: defense and commercial. Defense high-level waste is typically liquid, and is generated by reprocessing spent reactor fuel to extract plutonium for weapons. It is up to the Department of Energy (DOE) to dispose of this waste.
Commercial high-level waste consists of the used fuel rods from commercial nuclear power reactors. It is up to the commercial operators of these reactors to dispose of the waste products. At this point, spent-fuel assemblies are stored on ponds on the reactor sites while legislators debate a permanent disposal site. It should be noted that these spent-fuel assemblies are more radi
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