Yucco Mountain Repository project . Radiation effects caused by nuclear waste disposal can be attributed to the decaying process of these materials . The process produces ionizing radiation which has sufficient amount of energy to strip electrons from atoms or break chemical bonds . Ionizing radiation can greatly affect any living tissue in the human body . The immune system and repair mechanism of the body will sometimes be not sufficient to reverse the effects of ionizing radiation . Alpha and beta particles , gamma and...











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