Question

Radioactive pollution can be minimised by

• A. Underground testing of nuclear weapons
• B. Minimising radioactive leakage from nuclear reactors
• C. Geologic disposal of radioactive waste
• D. All of these

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of these

Radioactivity causes too much damage, so preventive measures must be adopted to stop radioactive pollution. Testing of nuclear weapons should be done underground and not in the atmosphere. When nuclear reactors are used to generate electricity, closed cycle cooling systems should be employed, so that no radiation leakage through coolant takes place. Finally, radioactive wastes generated by nuclear reactors or from nuclear weapons programme should be disposed in geologically stable underground deep mines to slowly reduce the radioactivity of the wastes.