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Question
The disposal of waves produced in a nuclear power plant poses a big problem because it is:
(a) too heavy
(b) highly inflammable
(c) extremely foul smelling
(d) highly radioactive
Solution
highly radioactive
The waste materials produced by the fission of uranium-235 in a nuclear power plant are radioactive and hence extremely harmful to all living things.
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