Stories with the tag: Environmental Remediation
Low-activity waste from Hanford tank vitrified for first time in a continuous process at PNNL. Release Date: 5/16/2018
PNNL researchers report in the journal Chem, that inexpensive materials called metal-organic frameworks have been very successful in separating xenon. Release Date: 1/30/2018
Radiochemical Processing Laboratory: Now a nuclear historic landmark. Release Date: 11/28/2017
Once cooled, this molten glass can trap radioactive waste for thousands of years. Release Date: 7/14/2017
PNNL is world-renowned for its expertise in glass formulation and processing — knowledge that is instrumental to the work done in partnership with the DOE Office of River Protection to develop the vitrification process. Release Date: 4/28/2017
April 26 marks the 31st anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 4 reactor. Battelle researchers at PNNL were involved in an international consortium to look at long-term safety and containment of Unit 4. They led early designs for the arch steel structure called the New Safe Confinement, which was put into place late last year. Release Date: 4/26/2017
Oil spills could be cleaned up in the icy, rough waters of the Arctic with a chemically modified sawdust material that absorbs up to five times its weight in oil and stays afloat for at least four months. Release Date: 12/12/2016
A memorandum of understanding will increase research collaborations and provide additional research and training opportunities for university students. Release Date: 11/1/2016
Synthetic membranes that mimic a cell membrane's most useful qualities might soon be made with new lipid-like peptoids. Release Date: 7/19/2016
Rising river waters deliver a feast of carbon to hungry microbes where water meets land, triggering increased activity and altering the flow of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Release Date: 4/7/2016
