Multiple Choice
Why is nuclear reactor waste radioactive?
A) Radiation from the reactor makes everything in or near it radioactive.
B) Used fuel rods contain fission fragments which are radioactive.
C) Spent fuel rods pick up contamination from the reactor.
D) all of the above
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