Remember that little packet of granules in the shoe box when you bought new shoes? You probably automatically threw it out without giving it a thought. But, silica gel, the same stuff that's packed in new shoes to keep them dry, might also help stabilize radioactive materials.
"Presently," Connie Cicero of Westinghouse Savannah River Company, said, speaking at the Spring National Meeting, "the technology is being considered for directly stabilizing liquid radioactive wastes and surplus material solutions, but other applications are also being considered, such as a final or interim wasteform for pre-treated solid wastes."
Silica gel treatment technology to stabilize …
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