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The disposal of nuclear waste is a pressing problem for society worldwide. By Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Geologist. 76,circular road, Ranchi , India .  Email: nitish.priyadarshi@gmail.com The nuclear disaster in Fukushima , Japan , caused many countries to rethink their appetite for nuclear power. It is also, in subtler ways, altering the fraught discussion of what to do with nuclear plants’ wastes. Harnessing the power of the atom has propelled humanity forward at an astonishing rate since the dawn of the Nuclear Age. However, the proper disposal and storage of nuclear waste leaves an incomplete equation. Nuclear waste comes from nuclear power reactors and byproducts of military-grade bombs. This waste can come in the form of spent nuclear fuel rods or even toxic sludge. Perhaps the greatest danger of nuclear energy is the long-term investment in waste disposal that will be passed to future generations. For more than 50 years, waste from nuclear power stations has been accumulating in...

Increase in the number of reactors will increase the the possibility of exposure to radiation hazards. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Japan has raised its assessment of the accident at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the worst rating on an international scale, putting the disaster on par with the 1986 Chernobyl explosion. The decision to raise the alert level to 7 from 5 on the scale amounts to an admission that the accident at the nuclear facility, is likely to have substantial and long lasting consequences for health and for the environment. Living with radiation can in fact be frightening. Plants making nuclear-weapons materials also pollute our environment. Three Mile Island and Chernobyl , as well as other nuclear power plant accidents, have alarmed us. Nuclear waste is piling up. What is radiation anyway? Although the term is broad enough to include sunlight and heat, radio waves and microwaves, it is most often used to mean ionizing radiation. ...