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> it's that this is a potential solution to the (very) secure storage of nuclear waste.

This only works with nuclear materials that decay via beta decay - which is a rare kind of decay.

The "bad" stuff decays in other ways, which are not usable in this device.

If you goal was dealing with nuclear waste then nuclear reprocessing is the solution.



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