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Nuclear waste: Safe for 240 000 years?

Nuclear waste: Safe for 240 000 years?

FromDiffusion Science radio


Nuclear waste: Safe for 240 000 years?

FromDiffusion Science radio

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jan 31, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This show was first broadcast in 2007. The science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved
We asked experts about the breakdown of
nuclear waste storage materials with time, and the problems
associated with cleanup of the Maralinga nuclear test site.
Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to Charles Willock about
possibly significant errors in estimates of nuclear waste storage times.
Alan Parkinson, nuclear engineer, talks with Charles Willock about
the mishandling of nuclear waste at Maralinga.
Presented by: Emily Fearn
Panelled by: Celine Steinfeld
Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf
assisted by Patrick Rubie
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Released:
Jan 31, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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