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Washington Facility To Recycle Radioactive Ash

Posted on September 05, 2008

A recycling plant soon to be constructed in Richland, Wash. will recover uranium from the ashes of radioactive waste to be recycled back into nuclear fuel, reports Science Daily.The technology is environmentally friendly and was inspired, oddly enough, by decaffeinated coffee.Chien Wai, a University of Idaho chemistry professor, has been developing the ......

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