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Hi John, I first converted $200,000$ cubic metres to cubic yards and got $261,590$ cubic yards. An American football field is $120$ yards by $ 53 \large \frac13$ yards (including the end zones). If you covered a football field with this radioactive waste to the height of the goal post cross bar, $10$ feet, this would give you a volume of $21,333.2$ cubic yards. $261,590$ divided by $21,333.2$ is $12.26$ so you could cover $12$ football fields 10 feet deep with this stuff and still have some left over. Harley | ||||||||||||
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