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Nuclear waste could bury itself

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Geologists calculate melted granite would contain high-level waste.

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  1. Gibb, F. G. F. & Atrill, P. G. Granite recrystallisation: The key to the nuclear waste problem? Geology, 31, 657 - 660, (2003).

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 UK Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee

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