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Radioactive Waste

Industrial processes that use radioactive materials or extract minerals from soil that contains naturally occurring radioactive materials inevitably create radioactive waste.

• Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions
• Depleted Uranium Projectiles
• “Orphan” Radioactive Sources in Scrap Metal
• Phosphogypsum
• Radioactive Contamination at Clean-Up Sites
• Radioactive Wastes from Oil and Gas Drilling
• Uranium Mines

 

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