low-level waste
Britishnoun
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Low-level waste can include equipment or worker’s clothing contaminated by exposure to radiation, while mixed low-level waste can include toxic metals.
From Seattle Times
They were mischaracterized as the wrong category of low-level waste and should have been classified as low-level mixed waste, the state’s review determined.
From Seattle Times
When the San Onofre plant is eventually dismantled over eight years, all of the low-level waste from the plant will be buried in Utah, leaving only canisters of spent nuclear fuel.
From Washington Times
A further 460,000 cubic metres of intermediate waste is being stored, and about 3.5m cubic metres of low-level waste.
From The Guardian
The rest is made up of vast quantities of what is called low-level and very low-level waste.
From The Guardian
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