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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE

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High-Level waste is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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High-level waste

In the US, HLW from reprocessing of spent fuel from electrical power stations amounts to less than 1% of the total volume of US HLW; the rest is defense related. Some other countries, particularly France, reprocess commercial spent fuel. High-level waste is very radioactive and, therefore, requires special shielding during handling and transport. It also needs cooling, because it generates a great deal of heat. Most of the heat, for the first several hundred years, is from the medium-lived fission products cesium-137 and strontium-90. A typical large nuclear reactor produces 25–30 tons of spent fuel per year. If the fuel were reprocessed and vitrified, the waste volume would be only about three cubic meters per year, but the decay heat would be almost the same. It is generally accepted that the final waste will be disposed of in a deep geological repository, and many countries have developed plans for such a site, including France, Japan, and the United States.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-LEVEL WASTE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-LEVEL WASTE

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Synonyms and antonyms of high-level waste in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «high-level waste» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE

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The translations of high-level waste from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-level waste» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高放废物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

residuos de alta actividad
570 millions of speakers

English

high-level waste
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च स्तरीय अपशिष्ट
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

النفايات عالية المستوى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высокоактивных отходов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

resíduos de alto nível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ স্তরের বর্জ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déchets de haute activité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sisa tahap tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hochaktive Abfälle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高レベル廃棄物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하이 레벨 폐기물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sampah tingkat dhuwur
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chất thải cao cấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர்தர கழிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्चस्तरीय कचरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üst düzey atık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rifiuti di alto livello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysokiego poziomu odpadów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

високоактивних відходів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deșeurilor la nivel înalt
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αποβλήτων υψηλής ραδιενέργειας
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë - vlak afval
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

högaktivt avfall
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

høyaktivt avfall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-level waste

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-LEVEL WASTE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-LEVEL WASTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-level waste

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-LEVEL WASTE»

Discover the use of high-level waste in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-level waste and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste
A fascinating and authoritative account of the controversies and possibilities surrounding nuclear waste disposal, providing expert discussion in down-to-earth language.
William M. Alley, Rosemarie Alley, 2012
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Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel:: The ...
Written for concerned citizens as well as policymakers, this book was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and waste management organizations in eight other countries.
Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Committee on Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation, National Research Council, 2001
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Reliability of Sub-Seabed Disposal Operations for High Level ...
Published on behalf of The Commission of the European Communities Directorate-General Information, Market and Innovation
M.M. Sarshar, 1986
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Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation's ...
Experts from science, industry, and government discuss the unresolved scientific and technical issues surrounding the Yucca Mountain site as a geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste.
Allison Macfarlane, Rodney C. Ewing, 2006
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The Dilemma of Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository
The book also recommends the need for a "fair" siting process and the authors strongly favor a voluntary process to solve the siting dilemma.
D. Easterling, Howard Kunreuther, 1995
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Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through ...
One proposed method is disposal in a geological repository, perhaps after placing fission products in proximity to the plutonium (e.g., by immobilizing plutonium in vitrified high-level waste) to make it as theft resistant as spent nuclear fuel.
Board on Radioactive Waste Management, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 1999
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Alternatives for High-Level Waste Salt Processing at the ...
Committee on Cesium Processing Alternatives for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology ...
Committee on Cesium Processing Alternatives for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 2000
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Research Needs for High-Level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins ...
Environmental Management Science Program Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Radioactive High- Level Waste at Department of Energy Sites, National Research Council, Division on ...
Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Radioactive High-Level Waste at Department of Energy Sites, National Research Council, 2001
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Research and Development on a Salt Processing Alternative ...
Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Committee on Radionuclide Separation Processes for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National ...
Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Committee on Radionuclide Separation Processes for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site, 2001
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Managing the nation's commercial high-level radioactive waste.
The leftover solution from reprocessing, highly radioactive at 10,000 curies per gallon, contains primarily fission products and is defined as high-level waste. It must, by regulation, be solidified before disposal. Any recovered uranium or ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-LEVEL WASTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-level waste is used in the context of the following news items.
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Court will consider more time to empty Hanford waste tanks
Employees place nearly 200 cubic yards of concrete into a wall at the top of the High-Level Waste Facility at Hanford's vitrification plant in 2015. «Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Jul 15»
2
My Voice: A view of high-level waste disposal
These struggles have left high-level waste remaining at most nuclear sites despite the fact that a technically acceptable disposal alternative is ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jul 15»
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USA's Experimental Breeder Reactor-II now permanently entombed
... improved management of high-level nuclear wastes by recycling all actinides, so that only fission products remain as high-level waste, and ... «World Nuclear News, Jul 15»
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Letter | Nuclear Regulatory Commission's rules too weak
Davis-Besse has also had radioactivity leaks from its high-level waste storage pool, as well as corrosion of its Inner Steel Containment Vessel, ... «Port Clinton News Herald, Jun 15»
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German reprocessing waste storage plan proposed
The federal government, through the BfS, is responsible for building and operating final repositories for high-level waste, but progress on this ... «World Nuclear News, Jun 15»
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DOE Secretary Moniz talks foreign shipments, SRS waste
Unlike other sites, SRS has a treatment path forward to address high-level waste, including a Saltstone facility where lower-level waste is ... «The Star, Jun 15»
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Moment of truth nears for nuclear waste time bomb
Finland and Sweden hope to be the first countries in the world to be able to put the most dangerous high-level waste (HLW) into underground ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
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HELP WANTED/FLIKR
... his campaign, President Obama stripped funding for Yucca. Now, Hanford officials are wondering where all the high-level waste in Washington State will go. «Northwest Public Radio, Jun 15»
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Two steps forward on US nuclear waste storage
... president's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future — to store used nuclear fuel and high-level waste, and to use the Nuclear ... «The Hill, Jun 15»
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Beyond Nuclear representative urging more opposition to deep …
It would not house high-level waste like irradiated nuclear fuel, officials said, although other sites across Canada are in the running to host that ... «Sarnia Observer, Jun 15»

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