Nuclear waste should be retained in the cooling pools of the nuclear reactors, meaning that all nuclear power plants would then have to close because their cooling pools are full.

核废料应保留在核反应堆的冷却池，这意味着所有核电厂将不得不关闭，因为其冷却池都满了。

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However, they say they have now been told that the child's brain was retained for further tests and was later thrown away as medical waste.

BBC: Child's brain 'thrown away'