Nuclear entombment
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Nuclear entombment
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Nuclear entombment is a method of nuclear decommissioning in which radioactive contaminants are encased in a structurally long-lived material, such as concrete. This prevents radioactive material and other contaminated substances from being exposed to human activity and the environment. Entombment is usually applied to nuclear reactors, but also some nuclear test sites. Nuclear entombment is the least used of three methods for decommissioning nuclear power plants, the others being dismantling an
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Method of nuclear decommissioning
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_entombment
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2024-04-23T14:16:42Z
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