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Tricky Plutonium Byproduct One Step Closer to Being Disposable

Nicholas Say — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 20:31:17 +0000

Well, what we all knew has been confirmed, refining plutonium to make nuclear weapons is pretty much a bad idea all around. But that’s not news. What is striking is that there are people that care enough to make progress on the literally tons of nuclear waste that can’t be disposed of. At Washington State […]

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Researchers Urging Decision Makers for Agreement on Plutonium Waste Disposal

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:16:28 +0000

A new research on the actions to be done about nuclear waste has been recently published in the science journal Nature. Their conclusions have been that the wastes should be disposed of safely and securely, so that they are unreachable by third parties who could build nuclear weapons. Worldwide, about 500 metric tons of plutonium […]

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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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