CONCEPTUAL INTEGRATED SCIENCE (PEARSON+
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Chapter 27, Problem 53TE
Some engineers have suggested burying radioactive wastes in ocean trenches at subduction zones. Why do you think they have proposed this? What hazards could this create?
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