Project seeks three-stage outcome for orphan nuclear wastes

The same concept behind efforts to prevent greenhouse gases being emitted from fossil fuel power plants could be used to trap radioactive waste for geological disposal.
In an EPSRC-funded project, researchers at Strathclyde University are developing a new approach to treating so-called “orphan” nuclear wastes.
Orphan wastes are radioactive wastes that cannot be dealt with in existing processing plants, and for which there is no accepted treatment option.
The researchers, led by Dr Jo