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What is meant by nuclear waste ? State the main hazard of this waste on living beings. How is this waste disposed off?

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(a) The discarded material from the nuclear industry is called nuclear waste, such as remains of the radioactive products of nuclear reactions.
(b) The waste materials possess radioactive rays which emit particles that can damage man, animals, and plant tissues.
(c) Nuclear wastes have to be buried deep inside the earth.
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