Breakthrough made on atomic waste

LONDON - European scientists have designed a nuclear reactor that could safely dispose of radioactive waste in a breakthrough…

LONDON - European scientists have designed a nuclear reactor that could safely dispose of radioactive waste in a breakthrough that may usher in an age of "safe" atomic energy, the Observer newspaper reported yesterday.

It said experiments carried out at Cern, the European particle physics laboratory in Geneva, had demonstrated the feasibility of safe, economical plants that could consume stockpiles of plutonium and other highly radioactive materials.

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