Radioactive waste

Types of radioactive waste - Plutonium

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• Highly toxic and radioactive chemical element.
• Produced as a "waste" product during reprocessing.
• High shielding requirement
  • Must be kept in small separate amounts of less than 1 kg to avoid criticality.
• May be used in manufacture of certain nuclear fuels. Otherwise managed as HLW.

   

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  Source: Galson Sciences Limited