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:*[[Intermediate Level Nuclear Waste]] - '''Waste''' with a short [[Half Life|half life]] and a medium level of [[radioactivity]] so it requires shielding, but does not require cooling.
:*[[High Level Nuclear Waste]] - '''Waste''' with a many different [[Unstable Isotope|unstable isotopes]] with different [[Half Life|half lives]] and a high level of [[radioactivity]] so it requires shielding and cooling to prevent it heating up so much that [[Melting|melts]] or catches fire.
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====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Nuclear waste, page 108, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294558X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294558X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f0dfb66dafcb0c6e9449e7b1a4ae1ac342 ''Nuclear waste, page 21, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']