TIL about vitrification of nuclear waste, wherein nuclear waste is melted down and combined with molten glass. The mixture is cooled in stainless steel canisters where it becomes a solid and can be...

What is vitrification? Vitrification is accomplished by mixing waste from underground tanks with glass-forming materials in high-temperature melters.

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Iceman@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 3y (3 replies)

And can be what? I wanna know.

Bagel@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 3y

Dangerous. OP was trying it when writing the post. RIP.

kman@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 3y

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This little secret can help you to deal with nuclear waste. You just need to….

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bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Was this crossposted from Reddit using a bot that doesn’t get the whole post?

Yes, L4s is also filling out publicfreakout with Reddit crossposts.

I think generally it should be good etiquette to caveat when posts are generated by a bit of AI generated.

I'm going to continue the post title with the following: administered anally.

JohnDolt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Are these the cool glow in the dark glasses that you can drink from?

I think you mean uranium glass. It fluoresces bright green under UV light, very cool -- but the uranium is added on purpose, for coloration