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An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility: Exploring a Russian Site as a Prototype: Proceedings of an International Workshop

One of the most formidable obstacles to exploiting the full potential of nuclear energy is the long-term disposal of highly radioactive waste that is generated by the burning of fuel in nuclear ...
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Nuclear Transmutations

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Simulated Star Collision Leads to Breakthrough in Nuclear Waste Treatment

The study presents a novel technique to quantify nuclear transmutation accurately, aiming to enhance the stability of radioactive waste and improve nuclear waste treatment facilities. Inspired by ...
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Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Energy Lasts for 100,000 Years but Particle Accelerators Could Slash That Timeline to a Few Centuries

A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...
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CX-270911: Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now - NEWTON and NEWTON SBIR-STTR (NOFO Nos. DE-FOA-0003418 and DE-FOA-0003419)

AMENDED PROGRAMMATIC NEPA DETERMINATION (See attached original Determination, dated August 8, 2025). The Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program will support the research and ...
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Gold from mercury? How a tokamak fusion reactor may generate precious metal through neutron transmutation

Marathon Fusion, based in San Francisco, proposes a fusion reactor concept where fast neutrons from a 1.5 gigawatt thermal tokamak transmute mercury-198 into stable gold-197. The layered reactor ...