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Nuclear waste Hypothesis: By dumping nuclear waste into the deserts of western Australia, it may cause a threat to the environment. Nuclear power stations, in the course of their normal operation, produce the most dangerous industrial wastes known to humankind. The spent rods from nuclear reactors are termed ‘High level nuclear waste’, as once burned in a reactor they become one million times more radioactive than what it was when it was loaded. High level nuclear waste (HLW) must be handled remotely as direct exposure to the radioactive waste would provide a lethal dose within seconds. High level waste can stay radioactive for up to 250 thousand years. Another form of nuclear waste is Intermediate level waste (ILW), ILW can be anything from High Level Waste in diluted form to 'che