Elaborate safety measures must be taken to store nuclear waste primarily because the waste is
A) convertible into a nuclear weapon.
B) expensive.
C) radioactive.
D) scarce.
E) hard to contain gases.
Answer: C
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A) Hadley B) Ferrel C) polar D) trade wind
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A) the consumptive use of a natural resource. B) the productive use of a natural resource. C) the maximum sustainable yield of a resource. D) the carrying capacity of a population.
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-national budget -debt -financial risk -currency transfer -budget deficit
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