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Chart of Nuclear Waste Toxicity over 10 Milllion Years

Nuclear Waste Toxicity over 10 Milllion Years
Both the USA and Canada have over 200 million tons of uranium tailings which retain 85% of their original radioactivity.

2005 version of this chart

Sources

USGS Circular 779; www.ccnr.org/usgs.html

Tags: nuclear waste, toxics, hazardous waste, nuclear waste toxicity over 10 milllion years, weapons

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