Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
Promoting Personal Safety & National Security: Improving detection of radioactive material in nuclear waste water
December 09, 2013
Detecting single molecules of radioactive
materials uranium and plutonium in nuclear waste water could become
possible with development of a novel nanosensor.
Credit: iStock/Thinkstock
Summary
As the Fukushima crisis continues to remind the world of the potential dangers of nuclear disposal and unforeseen accidents, scientists are reporting progress toward a new way to detect the radioactive materials uranium and plutonium in waste water. Their report on the design of a highly sensitive nanosensor appears in ACS’ The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/podcasts/globalchallenges/security/Improving-detection-of-radioactive-material-in-nuclear-waste-water.html
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