The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to come.
Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different structures and containers.
The gloves and overalls, that might possibly have been exposed are also ‘nuclear waste’.
It’s sometimes better to think of it as “heavy metal contaminated” waste. Most of it won’t show up on a gigar counter, but has enough heavy metals byproducts that you don’t want it sat in the water table.
The only stuff to seriously worry about is the high/medium level waste. This only makes up a tiny fraction of the overall waste.
No. I think it’s worth worrying about the stuff to keep away from the water supply too.
Fully agreed on that. It was more meant in the level of protection required.