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by vitrification you mean the radioactive material is turned into glass cubes for the storage/distro? And yeah, that was my thought re: 'might as well get some
by whycome 1y ago
by vitrification you mean the radioactive material is turned into glass cubes for the storage/distro?
And yeah, that was my thought re: 'might as well get some value from it'
I mean what if that heat transfer was mostly passive? So that a nuclear waste storage depot in the arctic creates some other value.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoYep, the waste is turned into an insoluble glass product to stabilize it for long term storage. https://www.hanfordvitplant.com/vitrification-101 https://www.hanfordvitplant.com/vitrification-101 https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-waste/treatment-and-conditioning-of-nuclear-wastes https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-c...