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Low-level Nuclear Waste Disposal Seems Easy Money-Making Business

Mila Luleva — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:27:39 +0000

Have you ever wondered what companies should do in order to safely dispose of nuclear waste? Considering the current charging rate per cubic foot, it is bound to be quite a lot, but actually, according an article at the The New York Times entitled “America’s most valuable hole in the ground“, the figures are completely […]

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$1.2 Million Grant To Clemson University For Studying How To Safely Deploy Plutonium Waste

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:43:14 +0000

Because plutonium, a radioactive byproduct of spent nuclear fuel, can move pretty fast through the soil, the U.S. Department of Energy granted $1.2 million to Clemson University scientists to study how the nuclear substance interacts with soil and how damages to the environment could be minimized.

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Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactor: Getting Rid of 99% Nuclear Waste Cleanly

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:44:08 +0000

The main problem with nuclear power is that it leaves radioactive residues behind; otherwise, it would be the almost perfect solution for our energetic and climate crises. The almost-perfect solution comes from the physicists at the University of Texas at Austin, who created a way to "use fusion to relatively inexpensively destroy the waste from nuclear fission".

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