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US particle accelerators turn nuclear waste into electricity, cut radioactive life by 99.7%

02-25-2026 • https://interestingengineering.com, Aman Tripathi

The system uses a particle accelerator to fire high-energy protons at a target, such as liquid mercury, to trigger spallation.

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