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Question EXE.2.HL.TZ0.21a

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Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
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EXE.2.HL.TZ0.21a
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Suggest one problem that is faced in dealing with the waste from nuclear fission reactors. Go on to outline how this problem is overcome.

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Waste is very hot …

… So has to be placed in cooling ponds to transfer the (thermal) energy away ✓

 

OR

Waste is very radioactive … ✓

… So has to be placed in cooling ponds to absorb this radiation

OR

… So has to be handled remotely

OR

… So has to be transported in crash resistant casings / stored on site ✓

 

OR

Waste will be radioactive for thousands of years … ✓

… So storage needs to be (eventually) in geologically stable areas ✓

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