Nuke Waste
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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.
Some a ....
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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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1) borosilicate: any of several salts derived from both
boric acid and silicic acid and found in certain mine ....
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