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Safe Radioactive Waste Storage
Radioactive waste produced by nuclear power stations has a long half-life.
Suggest one precaution taken to reduce the hazard caused by radioactive waste from power stations.
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- 1 Gives one valid precaution that physically contains, shields, cools, securely transports, or isolates the radioactive waste.
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Store the radioactive waste in secure metal containers surrounded by concrete.
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Put up a radiation warning sign.
A label warns people but does not physically contain, shield, cool or isolate the long-lived waste.