TIL about vitrification of nuclear waste, wherein nuclear waste is melted down and combined with molten glass. The mixture is cooled in stainless steel canisters where it becomes a solid and can be...
TIL about vitrification of nuclear waste, wherein nuclear waste is melted down and combined with molten glass. The mixture is cooled in stainless steel canisters where it becomes a solid and can be...
www.hanfordvitplant.com What is Vitrification?
What is vitrification? Vitrification is accomplished by mixing waste from underground tanks with glass-forming materials in high-temperature melters.
What is vitrification? Vitrification is accomplished by mixing waste from underground tanks with glass-forming materials in high-temperature melters.
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Are these the cool glow in the dark glasses that you can drink from?
I think you mean uranium glass. It fluoresces bright green under UV light, very cool -- but the uranium is added on purpose, for coloration
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