Essay Archive - Nuclear Power
Nuclear Power
Radioactive wastes, must for the protection of mankind be stored
or disposed in such a manner that isolation from the biosphere is assured
until they have decayed to innocuous levels. If this is not done, the
world could face severe physical problems to living species living on this
planet.
Some atoms can disintegrate spontaneously. As they do, they emit
ionizing radiation. Atoms having this property are called radioactive. By
far the greatest number of uses for radioactivity in Canada relate not to
the fission, but to the decay of radioacti....
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