Say Good Bye to Nuclear Waste!

Uranium dioxide is the world's most common radioactive substance, alongside the natural uranium molecule. Most of this nuclear waste results in the nuclear reactors of the nuclear power plants, during the process of nuclear fission, or nuclear fuel 'burning', which in... [ read more >> ]

The method is called the 'Pac-Man' strategy

A potassium atom inside an organic molecule could break the bond between the uranium and oxygen atoms inside the uranium dioxide compound

Image comment: A potassium atom inside an organic molecule could break the bond between the uranium and oxygen atoms inside the uranium dioxide compound
Image credits: P. L. Arnold

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A potassium atom inside an organic molecule could break the bond between the uranium and oxygen atoms inside the uranium dioxide compound