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Space disposal is <strong>of</strong> interest because once the waste is placed in orbit its potential<br />

for environmental impacts and human health effects is judged to be nonexistent. However,<br />

the risk <strong>of</strong> launch pad accidents and low earth orbit failures have not been determined.<br />

The space disposal option appears feasible for selected long-lived waste fractions <strong>of</strong><br />

radionuclides such as 129I, or even for the total amount <strong>of</strong> reprocessed high-level waste<br />

that will be produced. Space disposal <strong>of</strong> unreprocessed fuel rods and other high volume<br />

wastes does not appear economically feasible or practical because <strong>of</strong> the large number <strong>of</strong><br />

flights involved.

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