Check how much you know about radioactivity.
What is radioactive waste?
Radioactive waste is every material that is no longer usable, and whose radioactivity is outside the legal scope.
RW is kitchen waste (food preparation refuse) and garden or green waste.
RW is waste whose composition and properties are not harmful on human health and the environment.
RW is hazardous waste representing all electronic and electrical devices.
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Where does radioactive waste occur?
in medicine
in banking
in research
in restaurants
in tourism
in commerce
in households and offices
in industry
in production of electrical energy
in sport
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What is the difference between radioactive waste storage and disposal?
Storage means sorting each household's RW from the total RW produced, and disposal means safe storage of RW into designated household containers.
Storage means keeping the RW in a neighboring garage (until it ripens), and disposal means throwing the RW in your own yard.
Storage means temporarily keeping the radioactive waste in a designated facility, while disposal means permanently disposing the waste in a repository and not intending to use it again.
Storage means keeping the RW in municipal waste bins, and disposal means permanently disposing the waste at the Jakuševac landfill.
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What are the basic types of decay?
alpha
zeta
upsilon
beta
gamma
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What are the basic types of radioactive waste?
very low level radioactive waste (VLLRW)
low level radioactive waste (LLRW)
mini RW (MRW)
intermediate level radioactive waste (ILRW)
giga RW (GRW)
high level radioactive waste (HLRW)
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What is the structure of electrical energy in Croatia according to sources?
16%
17%
18%
49%
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What does RW in Croatia include?
multilayer cardboard packaging
half of the operational low and intermediate level radioactive waste from the Krško Nuclear Power Plant and the waste after its decommissioning
LILRW and used sources of ionizing radiation originating from medicine, industry, science, military and public use
naturally occurring radioactive material
sludge from waste water purification devices
half of the high level radioactive waste, i.e. spent nuclear fuel from the Krško Nuclear Power Plant
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What is the additional dose of radioactivity received by a citizen of Croatia/citizen of Zagreb/worker at the Krško Nuclear Power Plant/air pilot?
1
1.14
1
2
citizen of Croatia
citizen of Zagreb
worker at the Krško NPP
air pilot
citizen of Croatia
1 mSv/god
worker at the Krško NPP
1 mSv/god
air pilot
2 mSv/god
citizen of Zagreb
1,14 mSv/god
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In your opinion, what might be the benefits for a local community that agrees to the construction of a future RW disposal center in Croatia?
construction of the, and/or improvements to the, infrastructure
new jobs
financial benefits
big construction site
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After producing electrical energy we are left with radioactive waste that needs to be disposed accordingly. Put the methods of radioactive waste disposal in chronological order.
STORAGE
DISPOSAL
MEASURING AND CONTROLLING
1
2
3
1) STORAGE
- sorting
- compaction
2) DISPOSAL
- cementing
- packing
3) MEASURING AND CONTROLLING
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