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Complex Mixtures > Radioactive Pollutants > Radioactive Waste
Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Radiologic Health > Radioactive Waste
Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Radiologic Health > Radioactive Waste
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Radiologic Health > Radioactive Waste
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Waste Products > Hazardous Waste > Radioactive Waste
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Waste Products > Hazardous Waste > Radioactive Waste
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Waste Products > Hazardous Waste > Radioactive Waste
Complex Mixtures > Waste Products > Hazardous Waste > Radioactive Waste
Chemical Actions and Uses > Toxic Actions > Hazardous Substances > Hazardous Waste > Radioactive Waste

Preferred term

Radioactive Waste  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Liquid, solid, or gaseous waste resulting from mining of radioactive ore, production of reactor fuel materials, reactor operation, processing of irradiated reactor fuels, and related operations, and from use of radioactive materials in research, industry, and medicine. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Hazardous Waste, Radioactive
  • Nuclear Waste

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Déchets radioactifs

    French

  • Déchet radioactif dangereux
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Déchets radioactifs dangereux

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KST47610-S

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