Storing radioactive waste above ground is a risky business, but the Swiss think they have found the solution: burying spent nuclear fuel deep underground in clay.
Storing radioactive waste above ground is a risky business, but the Swiss think they have found the solution: burying spent nuclear fuel deep underground in cla
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Modeling eternity in the rock laboratory Federal Laboratory for Materials Testing and Research Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 16.02.2021 - Cement is one of the key materials for the safe storage of radioactive waste. What is needed is an almost infinite durability of the containers. Empa researchers are therefore analyzing material systems that can handle this task.
When Barbara Lothenbach pushes ahead with her research projects, she knows that she will not live to see the final result: What she is working on should last between 100,000 and one million years. The researcher from Empa s Concrete & Asphalt laboratory is investigating cement-based materials, which are suitable for the disposal of radioactive waste.