Uranium Glass

I thought this might have been an article on turning nuclear waste into glass (vitrification). Might be of interest to some people especially given current questions/challenges regarding reclassifying nuclear as "renewable":

https://mo-sci.com/vitrification-nuclear-waste-management/

Re: Uranium Glass

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Post by technotarek » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 12:50 PM UTC

For a rather wide variety of uranium glass objects: https://attic.city/search/usa/Uranium

FYI, Attic is our niche search engine for goods from small, independent businesses. You’re not gonna find much Uranium glass from the likes of Home Depot, Amazon or Walmart :)

Re: Uranium Glass

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Post by Brendinooo » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 12:52 PM UTC

tokai wrote: post #4

Brendinooo wrote: post #3

Interesting. The uranium is stable, right?

No its uranium.

Is this glass dangerous then?

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Post by ceronman » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 12:55 PM UTC

One of my favorite YouTube channles, Nile Red, has a cool video showing how to make Uranium Glass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGw6fXprV9U