List any three hazards of nuclear waste. How does the disposal of nuclear waste pose a problem for the plant and animal life?
The hazards of nuclear waste are: i. The major hazard is Storage and disposal of spent or used fuel- as the uranium is still decaying into harmful subatomic particles. ii. Improper nuclear waste storage and disposal result in environmental contamination. iii. There is a risk of accidental leakage. Effect of nuclear waste on plant and animal life is: The radiations emitted from the nuclear waste penetrate deep inside the human or animal body where they can damage biological cells thereby initiate cancer or causes genetic disease. Increased mortality of plants, soil invertebrates, and mammals and reproductive losses in plants and animals have also been recorded.
