high-level waste

British  

noun

1. radioactive waste material, such as spent nuclear fuel initially having a high activity and thus needing constant cooling for several decades by its producers before it can be reprocessed or treated Compare intermediate-level waste low-level waste

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Example Sentences

The state first outlined its terms in December, seeking to ensure that high-level waste such as diluted plutonium wouldn’t find its way to the state.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

There are even bigger stakes in dealing with the high-level waste.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

Reclassifying some of the high-level waste under the new interpretation means it can legally be sent to commercial facilities for storing waste deemed less radioactive.

From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2021

A recent Royal Commission report argues that South Australia could profit by storing high-level waste from nuclear reactors overseas, buried deep underground at a location still to be chosen. 

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2016

New Mexico, in agreeing to WIPP, required that Congress enshrine in law a promise that the feds would not send high-level waste into the state.

From Forbes • Jan. 25, 2012