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Nuclear Waste Management
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Nuclear energy harnesses the energy released during the splitting or
fusing of atomic nuclei. This heat energy is most often used to convert water
to steam, turning turbines, and generating electricity.
However, nuclear energy also has many disadvantages. An event that
demonstrated this was the t ....
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....ds of years long.
The isotopes also emit characteristic radiation: it can be electromagnetic (X-
ray or gamma radiation) or it can consist of particles (alpha, beta, or neutron
radiation).
Exposure to large doses of ionizing radiation causes characteristic
patterns of injury. Doses are measured in rads (1 rad is equal to an amount of
radiation that releases 100 ergs of energy per gram of matter). Doses of more
than 4000 rads severely damage the human vascular system, causing cerebral edema
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