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X.G., S.G., J.L., S.K., J.D.V., J.V.R., J.D. and G.S.F designed the research. X.G., P.L. Y.T., H.L., D.K.S. D.N. G.V. performed the research. X.G., S.G., P.L., T.Y., H.L., D.K.S., D.N., S.K. analysed the data. All authors contributed to the editing of the paper, and approval of the content in its current form.

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Guo, X., Gin, S., Lei, P. et al. Reply to: How much does corrosion of nuclear waste matrices matter. Nat. Mater. 19, 962–963 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0742-4

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