Nobel Prize Winner Studies Use of Lasers in Destroying Nuclear Waste

摘要

Nuclear power can provide inexpensive electricity with little in the way of emissions, but there's a catch: it produces horrifying radioactive waste that can remain deadly for thousands of years. Enter Gerard Mourou, the Nobel Prize-winning subject of a fascinating new Bloomberg profile. He says that high-intensity lasers could one day render nuclear waste harmless in just a few minutes - a concept which, if realized, could make nuclear power a vastly more appealing energy option.