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Suggest a suitable method for the disposal of radioactive waste.


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  • Exposure to radioactivity will cause nausea, hair loss, vomiting, destruction of the intestinal lining, damage to the central nervous system and even death.
  • Deep geological disposal is a suitable method for the disposal of radioactive waste.
  • Here we isolate radioactive waste deep inside a suitable rock volume to make sure that no harmful radioactive waste will reach the surface of the earth.
  • There are multiple protective barriers which keep this radioactive waste from hundreds of years.

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