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A researcher at the University of Idaho has penned an agreement with a leading nuclear power company to launch a new type of recycling plant that can harvest uranium and other materials from the ashes of radioactive garbage to be recycled back into nuclear fuel using an efficient, environmentally friendly technology, according to university officials. Based on investigations by chemistry professor Chien Wai, the university and AREVA signed an agreement Aug. 20 to begin construction on the new plant. Wai was inspired by the use of supercritical CO2 to remove caffeine from coffee beans. (more…)

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