Professor Ashutosh Goel from the Rutgers School of Engineering has developed a radical new way to deal with nuclear waste. When trying to immobilise radioactive iodine in ceramics, he found a way to turn the nuclear waste into glass! This process is called vitrification.
The advantages are that this is a durable way to store nuclear waste safely since it is non-leaching.
By burying this glass underground an even safer way to deal with nuclear waste can be provided.
This is a better and safer way than the present day storage in "pools" or "gaskets".
Although this technique has been around for a few years now, it's now gaining momentum. Dr. Goel has submitted his review article to the MRS Bulletin.
J.S. McCloy, A. Goel, Glass-ceramics for nuclear waste immobilization [Invited Review Article], MRS Bulletin (2016) Submitted.
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