Auburn University professors are researching new ways to store and recylce nuclear waste as the federal government seeks to boost nuclear power production.
The U.S. Department of energy is funding Auburn's Center for Actinide Science to find chemical compounds that would combine with radioactive elements allowing them to be safely stored without risk of radiation leakage. The nuclear material would be recycled for future use in energy production.
Auburn is one of only five universities in the country with the capability and expertise to conduct research into nuclear waste storage for recylcing said Tom Albrecht-Schmitt, the center director.
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