Definition of High-level radioactive waste

1. Noun. Radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed.

Generic synonyms: Radioactive Waste

Lexicographical Neighbors of High-level Radioactive Waste

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Literary usage of High-level radioactive waste

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nuclear Legislation: Analytical Study : Regulatory and Institutional by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2000)
"... to the United Kingdom for reprocessing are due to be returned as vitrified high-level radioactive waste to the Netherlands within the next five years, ..."

2. Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal Policy: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by Frank Murkowski (1999)
"Facilitate Transportation—Authorize the designation, construction and operation of facilities to transport civilian high-level radioactive waste to a ..."

3. An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility: Exploring a Russian by Glenn E. Schweitzer, A. Chelsea Sharber (2005)
"End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia ... Rethinking High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: A Position Statement of ..."

4. Radioactive Waste Management Programmes in OECD/NEA Member Countriesby OECD Nuclear Energy Agency by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2005)
"Category of waste high-level radioactive waste (vitrified waste] Waste generated from nuclear reactors TRU waste Waste from uranium fabrication facilities ..."

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