Word: cubed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hardened into a black, solid glass cylinder. Storage is easier because this cylinder occupies only one-sixth the volume of the waste in liquid form. French scientists reckon that if all the nuclear waste that the country generates in the next 20 years were formed into a solid glass cube, each side would measure 53 ft. in length. This glass is expected to resist corrosion and prevent seepage. Creating a waste-treatment industry, France is also reprocessing spent fuel from Japan, West Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Switzerland. The waste is to be returned to the country of origin...
Bill Scheft '79, former Cube member: Rams...