Hydrogen protects nuclear fuel in final storage

Friday, April 24, 2009 - 09:42 in Physics & Chemistry

When Sweden's spent nuclear fuel is to be permanently stored, it will be protected by three different barriers. Even if all three barriers are damaged, the nuclear fuel will not dissolve into the groundwater, according to a new doctoral dissertation from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

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