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Britain is sending a huge nuclear waste shipment to America. Why?

glen waverley
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order of magnitude?

140 Tonnes of waste = 1400000Kg of waste.

1 400 000 kg? I think not.

1 tonne = 1000 kg.

So 140 t = 140 000 kg.

Can't be arsed re-doing the rest of yr calcs.

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