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Nuclear waste
Hypothesis: By dumping nuclear waste into the deserts of western Australia, it may cause a threat to the environment. ... This is why the report will be based upon the negative aspects of the Pangea project in which dumping nuclear waste into Western Australia. ... Pangea are a company created specifically to expore the global nuclear dump concept and is a spin off of the international geotechnical company Golder Associates based in Toronto Canada. The investors include : British nuclear fuels Plc. (who have invested $35 million in the projecty) , Swiss rad waste agency, Nagra and Enterra Holdings, Golders parent holding company based also in Canada
The idea for the company came out of a discussion between two of Golder’s nuclear waste veterans, James Voss and then Golder Chairman, David Pentz, several years ago in which they surveyed the status of nuclear waste disposal programs worldwide. ...
Nuclear power stations, in the course of their normal operation, produce the most dangerous industrial wastes known to humankind. There are many different kinds of nuclear waste, but attention tends to focus on what is known as High Level Waste: the spent, or burned fuel rods after they have been taken out of a nuclear reactor.
The spent rods from nuclear reactors are termed ‘High level nuclear waste’, as once burned in a reactor they become one million times more radioactive than what it was when it was loaded. High level nuclear waste (HLW) must be handled remotely as direct exposure to the radioactive waste would provide a lethal dose within seconds. ...
Another form of nuclear waste is Intermediate level waste (ILW), ILW can be anything from High Level Waste in diluted form to chemical process residues. ... LLW is produced from many phases of the nuclear power and weapons industry, but also from medical and industrial applications. ...
Dumping
RISKS WHILE DUMPING
While dumping the nuclear waste there may be too many variables that can be controlled. One for instance is the environment, what would happen if a natural disaster hit the area where the nuclear waste is kept, it could leak or damage the facility. Leakage is a big problem, if nuclear waste would leak the surrounding area would then be classified as contaminated. ... The cask is filled with nuclear waste. ...
The two main dangers inherent in the burial of nuclear waste are air and water contamination. ...
Disasters
CHERNOBYL
The disaster in Russia in April 1986
Potassium Iodide blocks the thyroids absorption of cancer-causing radioactive iodine released from a nuclear reactor or nuclear bomb.
On April 26, 1986, the #4 nuclear reactor at the Russian Chernobyl Nuclear Station exploded during a routine test.
Approximate Word count = 2137
Approximate Pages = 8.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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