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Giant Laser Transmutes Nuclear Waste

Posted by timothy on from the two-steps-back dept.

paulnuyu writes "NewScientist is reporting that scientists have transmuted nuclear waste with the Vulcan Glass Laser, cutting iodine-129's half-life from 15.7 million years down to just 25 minutes (as iodine-128). The advance is remarkable, but not practical: the laser would need power from a number of power plants to transmute the waste produced from just one nuclear plant."

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  1. have I hacked slashdot!?!?!?!?!? :-) by rokzy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was reading the stupid DivX story by timothy and clicked on "Also by timothy".

    I saw this, which is a new story but not on the front page.

    have I bypassed the "subscibers see it early" ?