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Short-lived radioactive waste
Short-lived radioactive waste - radioactive waste in which the specific activity, as a result of radionuclide decay during storage, can be reduced to a level at which such waste no longer qualifies as radioactive waste1.
Federal Law No. 190-FZ dated July 11, 2011 "On the Handling of Radioactive Waste and on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation", as amended on July 11, 2011, Article 12, paragraph 1 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2011. No. 29. P. 4281. ↩