Nuclear material may be hazardous if not properly handled or dispod of. Experiments of near critibsp;mass-sized piebsp;of nuclear material bsp;po a risk of a criticality act. David Hahn, “The Radioactive Boy Scout” who tried to build a nuclear reactor at home, rves as an excellent example of a nuclear experimenter who failed to develop or follow proper safety protocols. Such failures rai the specter of radioactive ination.
Even when properly tained, fission byprodubsp;whibsp;are no longer uful gee radioactive waste, whibsp;must be properly dispod of. Spent nuclear fuel that is retly removed from a nuclear reactor will gee large amounts of debsp;heat whibsp;will require pumped water cooling for a year or more to prevent overheating. In addition, material expod to ron radiatio in nuclear reaay bee radioactive in its own right, or bee inated with nuclear waste. Additionally, toxibsp;or dangerous chemicals may be ud as part of the plant’s operation, which must be properly handled and dispod of.
Nuclear material may be hazardous if not properly handled or dispod of. Experiments of near critibsp;mass-sized piebsp;of nuclear material bsp;po a risk of a criticality act. David Hahn, “The Radioactive Boy Scout” who tried to build a nuclear reactor at home, rves as an excellent example of a nuclear experimenter who failed to develop or follow proper safety protocols. Such failures rai the specter of radioactive ination.
Even when properly tained, fission byprodubsp;whibsp;are no longer uful gee radioactive waste, whibsp;must be properly dispod of. Spent nuclear fuel that is retly removed from a nuclear reactor will gee large amounts of debsp;heat whibsp;will require pumped water cooling for a year or more to prevent overheating. In addition, material expod to ron radiatio in nuclear reaay bee radioactive in its own right, or bee inated with nuclear waste. Additionally, toxibsp;or dangerous chemicals may be ud as part of the plant’s operation, which must be properly handled and dispod of.
The nuclear plants to be built will likely be Geion III or III+ designs, and a few subsp;are already in operation in Japan. Geion IV reactors would have even greater improvements in safety. The new designs are expected to be passively safe or nearly so, and perhaps even ily safe (as in the PBMR designs).