Sat.Dec 22, 2018 - Fri.Dec 28, 2018

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This New Year, Can't We Do The Right Thing With Our Nuclear Waste?

Jim Conca

The DOE is conducting a three phase test on how to treat and dispose of some Hanford Tank waste the way we do other similar commercial radioactive waste, testing not just the technical stuff, we know that already, but the legal and regulatory stuff, which is a lot harder.

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Plastics: no longer a punch line

Martin LaMonica

One of my responsibilities at The Conversation is to originate and coordinate series of articles on an important topic. Among the ones this year was a series on plastic, the material that’s been boon to modern life but a very damaging one as well. Below are a few highlights from the series. Our complicated relationship with plastic: 5 essential reads.