Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Algae Nuclear Waste Clean Up

Researchers at Northwestern University and Argpnna National Laboratory believe that freshwater algae could become a key component in nuclear waste clean-up .Studies done on Closterium moniliferum, a bright green pond algae, found that it could be effective at sequestering Strontium 90, one of the most dangerous radioactive materials created in a nuclear reactor and consequently present nuclear waste sludge.

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