To design reliable and safe geological repositories it is critical to understand how the characteristics of spent nuclear fuel evolve with time, and how this affects the storage environment.
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R.C.E. is grateful for support from the Energy Frontier Research Center Materials Science of Actinides funded by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0001089).
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Ewing, R. Long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel. Nature Mater 14, 252–257 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4226
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