Why Is Nuclear Reactor Waste Radioactive

question 96

Multiple Choice

Why is nuclear reactor waste radioactive?

• A)Radiation from the reactor makes everything in or near it radioactive.
• B)Used fuel rods contain fission fragments which are radioactive.
• C)Spent fuel rods pick up contamination from the reactor.
• D)all of the above

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