# Size Matters For Speeding Up Nuclear Waste Cleanup

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/size-matters-for-speeding-up-nuclear-waste-cleanup-2/
- Published: 2022-05-15T09:45:53-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Michael Minette shows 300-micron and larger particles separated out of a slurry mixture using Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s mesofluidic separator…. Photo credit: Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Article by U.S. Department of Energy. CleanTechnica – May 14, 2022. Cleaning up legacy radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production has been a daunting, lengthy, and expensive process. Now, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have designed and demonstrated a simple particle separation technology that may decrease the time and money needed for cleanup. The industrial-scale application is described in Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification. […] Click here to view original web page at cleantechnica.com