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Nature 421, 783-784 (20 February 2003) | doi:10.1038/421783a
Materials science: To the heart of glass
Philip Ball1
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Abstract
How do you run an experiment that takes thousands of years? As scientists studying nuclear-waste disposal are finding out, the answer is to look back in time. Philip Ball reports.
If you feel that your experiments can take for ever, spare a thought for the scientists studying the disposal of nuclear waste. The half-lives of some radioactive wastes stretch to hundreds of thousands of years.
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