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That particular material will actually put the neutrons in a more reactive condition. So, that was a problem. So, those are design problems, then they had operational problems. I think they understood, but didn't respect something called a 'xenon transient'. It's getting a little wonky, but when the uranium atom splits in two, it basically splits into anything in the periodic table.

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Todd Allen: And they've studied it for 30 years, right? And they look at it, and basically say, while they attribute about just short of 30 more deaths, to sort of long-term, low dose radiation effects, that's all that they're willing to attribute. This is always controversial, because more people than that in the exclusion zone developed cancers.

Todd Allen: Yeah, yeah. So, it goes back to point. I was at this thing called the Intermountain Energy Summit a few years ago, and they had a reporter from NPR as one of the keynote speakers, really liked this idea of building new high voltage grids, and he was pretty dismissive of the need for nuclear, because he felt if you had this grid, then you could couple renewables, you could move stuff, and it was fascinating for me, because the lady who was in charge of Idaho Falls Power, very small, municipal power system, ran hydro primarily, stood up, and basically said, 'Do you know how hard it is to site power lines? I mean, you're saying nuclear is not possible, because it takes too long to build. Your power lines are not any easier.'

Radioactive waste is what is left over from the operation of a nuclear reactor. Radioactive waste is mostly protective clothing worn by workers, tools, and any other material that have been in contact with radioactive dust. Radioactive waste is long-lasting. Materials like clothes and tools can stay radioactive for thousands of years. The government regulates how these materials are disposed of so they don't contaminate anything else.Used fuel and rods of nuclear poison are extremely radioactive. The used uranium pellets must be stored in special containers that look like large swimming pools. Water cools the fuel and insulates the outside from contact with the radioactivity. Some nuclear plants store their used fuel in dry storage tanks above ground.The storage sites for radioactive waste have become very controversial in the United States. For years, the government planned to construct an enormous nuclear waste facility near Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for instance. Environmental groups and local citizens protested the plan. They worried about radioactive waste leaking into the water supply and the Yucca Mountain environment, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from the large urban area of Las Vegas, Nevada. Although the government began investigating the site in 1978, it stopped planning for a nuclear waste facility in Yucca Mountain in 2009.ChernobylCritics of nuclear energy worry that the storage facilities for radioactive waste will leak, crack, or erode. Radioactive material could then contaminate the soil and groundwater near the facility. This could lead to serious health problems for the people and organisms in the area. All communities would have to be evacuated.This is what happened in Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986. A steam explosion at one of the power plants four nuclear reactors caused a fire, called a plume. This plume was highly radioactive, creating a cloud of radioactive particles that fell to the ground, called fallout. The fallout spread over the Chernobyl facility, as well as the surrounding area. The fallout drifted with the wind, and the particles entered the water cycle as rain. Radioactivity traced to Chernobyl fell as rain over Scotland and Ireland. Most of the radioactive fallout fell in Belarus.

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Radiation search differs from the other two basic categories of radiation detection applications in that it is predicated both on the fact that radiation is not expected in the area, and the desire to keep things that way. Primarily the goal of radiation security personnel, first responders, or groups such as customs & border inspectors, radiation search has a different set of requirements to mirror the significantly different circumstances in which it takes place. Detectors need to be highly sensitive, with the concern being more about smaller, concealed radioactive sources or materials. Spectroscopy is often very helpful as well, since it is typically a small subset of radioactive isotopes that are of concern, and being able to filter those out that are present due to legitimate reasons such as medical treatment or just an accumulation of a naturally occurring radioactive substance is important. 2ff7e9595c