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Re:A Glass Nightmare: Cleaning Up the Cold War’s Nuclear Leg... by toomuchtodo on Friday May 01, 2020 @12:44AM (#23039213)
By all means, add more lead to the process. I propose reclaimed ammo from firing ranges and other spent lead that requires disposal.

End result targeted should be solid, stable, and human safe to be next to.

Re:A Glass Nightmare: Cleaning Up the Cold War’s Nuclear Leg... by kjs3 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @06:47PM (#23055488)
Interesting proposal. Hadn't thought about spent ammo, but it's a huge problem. The issue there is safe transport and handling, but that's prolly a minor issue grand scheme. More interesting is the encapsulation tech needed to 1) block the relevant radiation effectively enough for it not to be a proximity hazard, 2) to be stable enough for long enough to see the dangerous half-life out, and 3) to encapsulate the lead as well as the radioactives. Not sure if glass encapsulation does that...again, there's science to be done here.