Liquid, solid, or gaseous waste resulting from mining of radioactive ore, production of reactor fuel materials, reactor operation, processing of irradiated reactor fuels, and related operations, and from use of radioactive materials in research, industry, and medicine. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Also Known As:
Nuclear Waste; Waste, Nuclear; Waste, Radioactive; Waste, Radioactive Hazardous; Hazardous Wastes, Radioactive; Nuclear Wastes; Radioactive Hazardous Waste; Radioactive Hazardous Wastes; Radioactive Wastes; Wastes, Nuclear; Wastes, Radioactive; Wastes, Radioactive Hazardous; Hazardous Waste, Radioactive