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1 Nature and significance of radioactive waste
1.1 Physics
1.2 Pharmacokinetics
2 Sources of waste
2.1 Nuclear fuel cycle
2.1.1 Front end
2.1.2 Back end
2.1.3 Fuel composition and long term radioactivity
2.1.4 Proliferation concerns
2.2 Nuclear weapons decommissioning
2.3 Legacy waste
2.4 Medical
2.5 Industrial
2.6 Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)
2.6.1 Coal
2.6.2 Oil and gas
3 Classification of radioactive waste
3.1 Uranium tailings
3.2 Low-level waste
3.3 Intermediate-level waste
3.4 High-level waste
3.5 Transuranic waste
4 Prevention of waste
5 Management of waste
5.1 Initial treatment of waste
5.1.1 Vitrification
5.1.2 Ion exchange
5.1.3 Synroc
5.2 Long term management of waste
5.2.1 Above-ground disposal
5.2.2 Geologic disposal
5.2.3 Transmutation
5.2.4 Re-use of waste
5.2.5 Space disposal
5.3 National management plans
5.3.1 Mongolia
5.4 Illegal dumping
6 Accidents involving radioactive waste
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading