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Rachel Chin's note on Nuclear Power __Human__
 * What is Nuclear Power?**
 * 1) A source of energy that is produced from controlled nuclear reactions.
 * 2) From this, Nuclear Power can produce Nuclear Waste
 * //"The creation of huge quantities of long-lived radioactive waste is the most formidable problem facing the nuclear power industry today."//
 * //"The difficulty of waste disposal was not considered a series deterrent to commercial power production when plants were first promoted. It was assumed that waste could be reprocessed or buried somehow, or that anther solution would be found. Unfortunately, finding safe ways of storing radioactive wastes so that they do not leak radiation into the environment has proved more difficult than anticipated."//
 * //“Death and sever injury from blast, radiation, and heat are immediate effects of a nuclear attack. Protracted trauma and suffering, crowded fallout shelters, and the spread of infectious diseases are conditions that will confront the survivors. Medical, hospital, pharmaceuticals, and nursing facilities will be virtually nonexistent. Good, water, and medicines will be scarce and contaminated if available at all, particularly in the remains of urban areas. The unprecedented trauma likely to follow an all-out nuclear exchange would be beyond contemplation, and certainly beyond the capacity of any remaining medical community to handle.”//

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-  Used fuel bundle, that is still emitting heat and radioactivity, is removed from the reactor by a remote control and put into a water-filled ‘bay’======

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-“The Nuclear Waste Management Organization, which consists of representatives of Canada’s nuclear utilities, was mandated in 2002 by the Canadian Government’s Nuclear Fuel Waste Act to submit a proposal for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel.”======

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-“The plan, called Adaptive Phased Management, is for the ultimate isolation and containment of used fuel from Canadian nuclear facilities in a central repository deep underground. The used fuel would be contained by engineered barriers and the surrounding geology. It would also be constantly monitored and would remain retrievable indefinitely, if necessary.”======