New 'smart' polymer reduces radioactive waste at nuclear power plants

Monday, May 11, 2009 - 13:42 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists in Germany and India are reporting development of a new polymer that reduces the amount of radioactive waste produced during routine operation of nuclear reactors. Their study, which details a first-of-its-kind discovery, has been published in the ACS' Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, a bi-weekly journal...

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