Depends on what you mean by flammable. Yes it exists, but it’s not explosive like in the comic, and it definitely wouldn’t set off a nuclear explosion.
That being said, not all nuclear waste comes from nuclear power plants. For example medical isotope production facilities and nuclear medicine departments at hospitals have nuclear waste as well. Most gets stored on-site until the radioactive elements decay below a certain threshold and it can go with the regular waste, but some waste containing longer-lived radionuclides gets transferred to facilities where it can be stored for several years.
Nuclear research facilities will likely have some flammable waste as well.
Depends on what you mean by flammable. Yes it exists, but it’s not explosive like in the comic, and it definitely wouldn’t set off a nuclear explosion.
That being said, not all nuclear waste comes from nuclear power plants. For example medical isotope production facilities and nuclear medicine departments at hospitals have nuclear waste as well. Most gets stored on-site until the radioactive elements decay below a certain threshold and it can go with the regular waste, but some waste containing longer-lived radionuclides gets transferred to facilities where it can be stored for several years.
Nuclear research facilities will likely have some flammable waste as well.