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100 Thousand Years and Counting: A Graphic Report on Nuclear Waste

100 Thousand Years and Counting: A Graphic Report on Nuclear Waste

Nuclear Waste September 3, 2020 at 5:55 pm 0 comments

In the graphic report linked below the description of “reprocessing” irradiated nuclear fuel refers to dissolving the solid fuel in nitric acid, thereby creating a corrosive and fiercely radioactive liquid. That is indeed how most reprocessing in other countries has so far taken place.