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The Nuclear Energy Institute and some power companies have sued to compel the Obama administration to suspend collection of the one-tenth of a cent per kilowatt-hour surcharge that consumers pay on their electric bills to pay for the waste's removal.
Storage of Nuclear Waste Gets New Scrutiny Stephen Power 2011
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Ultimately, nuclear waste's unique hazards served as a leveling agent, and the subjects -- ostensibly experts -- simply talk themselves into a place where there is no wiggle room.
Michael Vazquez: Weekend Film: On Into Eternity Michael Vazquez 2011
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Ultimately, nuclear waste's unique hazards served as a leveling agent, and the subjects -- ostensibly experts -- simply talk themselves into a place where there is no wiggle room.
Michael Vazquez: Weekend Film: On Into Eternity Michael Vazquez 2011
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Low-level radioactive waste is generated by universities, hospitals, and commercial nuclear power plants, and is classified as Class A, B. or C depending on the concentration of the waste's radioactivity (with Class A having the lowest concentration).
Joseph DiCamillo: Obama Administration Should Say "No" to Blending Radioactive Waste Joseph DiCamillo 2010
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China defends cuts in rare earth export quotas; EPA overstates coal waste's value ...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report: December 30, 2010 (Audio) Brad Friedman 2010
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China defends cuts in rare earth export quotas; EPA overstates coal waste's value ...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report: December 30, 2010 (Audio) Brad Friedman 2010
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The waste's toxic contaminants, including arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, selenium and thallium, can readily pollute streams and drinking water.
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To reduce the waste's volume, it is often compacted or incinerated before disposal.
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Some establish themselves naturally; others are introduced deliberately; but each serves a purpose: Creatures that have adapted to feeding on litter break up the larger material, dramatically increasing the waste's surface area and speeding decomposition.
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At the waste's heart was a trinary consisting of a black hole, a neutron star, and a living giant star that was being gutted by each in turn as the three whirled in a rapid orbital dance that distorted the very fabric of space.
The Dragon Never Sleeps Cook, Glen 1988
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