Vitrification (turning a material into glass) is one way to dispose of nuclear waste safely. Picture by courtesy of US Department of Energy. Glass starts your day with a sparkle: a glance at your watch, a gaze through the glaze at the sun or the rain, a frown in the mirror, a song...
To dispose of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) safely in geological formations, it is necessary to assess the feasibility, safety, appropriateness, and s... Jongwon CHOI,Kyungsu KIM - 14th international high-level radioactive waste management conference : Integration storage, transportation, and...
Using two unconnected loops of water and the heat exchanger helps to keep water contaminated with radioactivity safely contained in one place and well away from most of the equipment in the plant. The steam from the heat exchanger is piped to a turbine. As the steam blows past the turbine'...
Research has demonstrated evidence that a key enzyme's failure to dispose of dying cells may contribute to the development of systemic lupus erythematosus. The enzyme, DNase1, normally eliminates what is called "garbage DNA" and other cellular debris by chopping them into tiny fragments for easier...
The waste passes into a kind of blender that mashes it up into a liquid, before pumping it up through a thin pipe connected, eventually, to the large, main soil pipe. The big advantage of toilets like this is that you can fit them almost anywhere in a building where there's both ...