Thursday, 3 November 2016

Can radioactive waste be immobilized in glass for millions of years?

How do you handle nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millions of years, keeping it from harming people and the environment? It isn’t easy, but a researcher has discovered ways to immobilize such waste – the offshoot of decades of nuclear weapons production – in glass and ceramics.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161103091233.htm



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