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Most radioactive site in US is moving on from the Manhattan Project (newatlas.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Vitrification is being used to move the radioactive material into a "safe" form. Then it is stored in trenches or deep underground.

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[–] 13 points 11 months ago (1 child)

That was a great read!

They are mixing the radioactive waste with sand and turning it into glass to make it inert. That is just incredible.

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