Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from “a million years to 30 minutes,” says Nobel laureate
Gérard Mourou has already won a Nobel for his work with fast laser pulses. If he gets pulses 10,000 times faster, he says he can modify waste on an atomic level. If no solution is found, we're already stuck with some 22,000 cubic meters of long-lasting hazardous waste. Mourou was the co-recipient of his Nobel...
