
Tritium leaks found at many nuke sites
At three sites - two in Illinois and one in Minnesota - leaks have contaminated drinking wells of nearby homes, the records show, but not at levels violating the drinking water standard. At a fourth site, in New Jersey, tritium has leaked into an aquifer and a discharge canal feeding picturesque Barnegat Bay off the Atlantic Ocean. Ref. Source 2
Can radioactive waste be immobilized in glass for millions of years?
How do you handle nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millions of years, keeping it from harming people and the environment? It isn’t easy, but a researcher has discovered ways to immobilize such waste - the offshoot of decades of nuclear weapons production - in glass and ceramics. Ref. Source 2n.