The Trick To Disposing of Nuclear Waste Could Be Turning It Into
Glass  Nuclear power is great, but the waste it creates is a
problem. Best case scenario we can turn it into more power in
the future, but for now we're stuck just stashing it away. But
there's another way—a badass way—that's poised to make it easier
and safer: nuclear glass.  The process is surprisingly simple.
You just take whatever plutonium-contaminated waste you have,
mix it with some blast furnace slag, and through a process
called vitrification, turn the mixture into glass that locks the
dangerous waste inside. The idea itself isn't brand spanking
new, but engineers at the University of Sheffield have shown
that it's possible to use their blast-furnace-slag process to
shrink piles of nuclear waste down by 90 percent.  This process
isn't used on actual spent rods or anything, but instead on
things like used filters, personal protective equipment, and
leftover metal and stone from decommissioned plants. Right now,
all that stuff just gets e