This plutonium and the other transuranics remained immobile until the present day, a span of almost 2 billion years. This is remarkable as ground water had ready access to the deposits and they were not in a chemically inert form, such as glass.

Research

Deep geologic disposal has been studied for several decades, including laboratory tests, exploratory boreholes, and the construction and operation of underground research laboratories where large-scale

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