Nuclear Power
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Radioactive wastes, must for the protection of mankind be stored or
disposed in such a manner that isolation from the biosphere is assured
until they have decayed to innocuous levels. If this is not done, the world
could face severe physical problems to living species living on this planet.
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.... been developed so they may no longer be harmful. A very
advantageous way of storing radioactive wastes is by a process called
'vitrification'.
Vitrification is a semi-continuous process that enables the following
operations to be carried out with the same equipment: evaporation of the
waste solution mixed with the
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borosilicate: any of several salts derived from both boric acid and silicic
acid and found in certain minerals ....
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