Bituminised radioactive waste containing highly radiotoxic alpha-emitting transuranic elements from nuclear reprocessing plants have been produced at industrial scale in France, Belgium and Japan, but this type of waste conditioning has been abandoned because operational safety issues (risks of fire, as occurred in a bituminisation plant at Tokai Works in Japan) and long-term stability problems related to their geological disposal in deep rock formations.
baɪtˈuːmɪnˌaɪzd ɹˌeɪdɪoʊˈæktɪv wˈeɪst kəntˈeɪnɪŋ hˈaɪli ɹˌeɪdɪoʊtˈɑːksɪk ˈælfəɪmˈɪɾɪŋ tɹænsɚɹˈænɪk ˈɛlɪmənts fɹʌm nˈuːklɪɹ ɹᵻpɹˈɑːsɛsɪŋ plˈænts hɐvbɪn pɹədˈuːst æɾ ɪndˈʌstɹɪəl skˈeɪl ɪn fɹˈæns, bˈɛldʒəm ænd dʒəpˈæn, bˌʌt ðɪs tˈaɪp ʌv wˈeɪst kəndˈɪʃənɪŋ hˈæzbiːn ɐbˈændənd bɪkˈʌz ˌɑːpɚɹˈeɪʃənəl sˈeɪfti ˈɪʃuːz ɹˈɪsks ʌv fˈaɪɚ, æz əkˈɜːd ɪn ɐ baɪtˌuːmɪnəzˈeɪʃən plˈænt æt tˈɑːkaɪ wˈɜːks ɪn dʒəpˈæn ænd lˈɔŋtˈɜːm stəbˈɪlᵻɾi pɹˈɑːbləmz ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd tə ðɛɹ dʒˌɪəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl dɪspˈoʊzəl ɪn dˈiːp ɹˈɑːk fɔːɹmˈeɪʃənz.