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U of I, Areva partner on 'green' nuclear waste treatment (access required)

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Published: August 20,2008
Time posted: 1:00 am

The University of Idaho and international nuclear energy giant Areva have inked a deal to use chemistry for extracting enriched uranium from 32 metric tons of incinerator ash at the company’s uranium fuel plant in Richland, Wash.   The process – which U of I chemistry professor Chien Wai said he’s been researching for about 20 ...



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