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Science 12 January 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5809, p. 174
DOI: 10.1126/science.315.5809.174
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NUCLEAR WASTE:
With Plutonium, Even Ceramics May Slump

Valerie Brown

Crystalline ceramics such as zircon, a promising idea for immobilizing nuclear waste, may not be so solid after all. A new study reveals that alpha radiation could break down this ceramic's structure more rapidly than assumed. (Read more.)

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