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Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
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EXE.2.SL.TZ0.19c
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State two properties of the products of nuclear fission due to which the spent nuclear fuel needs to be kept safe.

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Markscheme

Have relatively short half-lives / high activity ✓ 

Their decay products are «usually» also radioactive ✓ 

Volatile / chemically active ✓

Biologically active / easily absorbed by living matter ✓ 

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