UNT Professor's Discovery Helps to Provide Safer Nuclear Waste Containment in the Future
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020
DENTON, Texas, June 30 -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release:
Jincheng Du, an internationally recognized researcher in nuclear waste processing, found that the corrosion of stainless steel containers used to store nuclear waste actually accelerates the breakdown of the glass or ceramic waste forms they contain, leading to much more rapid deterioration.
This finding means the current models of storage site longevity need to be corrected. Syst . . .
Jincheng Du, an internationally recognized researcher in nuclear waste processing, found that the corrosion of stainless steel containers used to store nuclear waste actually accelerates the breakdown of the glass or ceramic waste forms they contain, leading to much more rapid deterioration.
This finding means the current models of storage site longevity need to be corrected. Syst . . .