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==Disposal of waste==

==Disposal of waste==

Disposal of nuclear waste is the most problematic issue facing the nuclear industry beyond the problem of [[nuclear proliferation]]. Rosatom has opted to reprocess highly radioactive spent fuel from its foreign plants. The radioactive waste must be cooled onsite for years before it can be transported. The transport of waste itself puts communities along the route at risk, and the final reprocessing generates an even greater volume of radioactive wastes. Reprocessing has been rejected in some nations, such as the United States. Reprocessing increases the volume of radioactive wastes and is a direct pathway to the production of separated weapons grade plutonium.

Disposal of nuclear waste is the most problematic issue facing the nuclear industry beyond the problem of [[nuclear proliferation]]. Rosatom has opted to reprocess highly radioactive spent fuel from its foreign plants. The radioactive waste must be cooled onsite for years before it can be transported. The transport of waste itself puts communities along the route at risk, and the final reprocessing generates an even greater volume of radioactive wastes. Reprocessing has been rejected in some nations, such as the United States. Reprocessing increases the volume of radioactive wastes and is a direct pathway to the production of separated weapons grade [[plutonium]].

==Reprocessing==

==Reprocessing==