«In this nuclear age, there is a pressing need for improved extraction agents for nuclear waste separations and recycling technologies,» explained Professor Steve Liddle, Head of Inorganic Chemistry and Co-Director of the Centre for
Radiochemistry Research at The University of Manchester.
Professor Liddle, Head of Inorganic Chemistry and Co-Director of the Centre for
Radiochemistry Research at The University of Manchester, added: «We need to reduce the volume of nuclear waste in order to make it easier to handle and process it to remove benign elements or separate the high level from low level waste.»
Not exact matches
Dr Gareth Law, Senior Lecturer in Analytical
Radiochemistry at the University of Manchester and an author on the paper, says: «Our
research strongly suggests there is a need for further detailed investigation on Fukushima fuel debris, inside, and potentially outside the nuclear exclusion zone.
Since 2010, the program has successfully hosted the Department of Energy sponsored
Radiochemistry Fuel Cycle Summer School, and students have received 10 top placement awards in the DOE's Innovations in Fuel Cycle
Research Award competition.
UNLV's
radiochemistry program is partnering with the University of California, Berkeley and a consortium of universities and national laboratories for
research and development in nuclear science and security.
Radiochemistry professors Frederic Poineau, David Hatchett, and Ken Czerwinski lead UNLV's
research team on the grant.
Radiochemistry program teaming with universities, national labs for
research and development in nuclear science and security; five - year grant funded by U.S. Department of Energy.
He currently directs
radiochemistry services and cyclotron operations and also manages the micro-Positron Emission Tomography imaging facility at the Wake Forest School of Medicine Positron Emission Tomography
Research Center.