[Robotgroup] in re: The tests Mike was disucssing at the last meeting...

[Vern Graner]

Well, you may not be able to boil water to remove radiation, but if you 
mix some of this stuff maybe... :)

http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/13304

from the above link:

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Russian scientists discover radiation- absorbing mineral

Russian scientists in the Khibinsky Mountains in the Arctic Circle have 
made an important scientific discovery. They've found a new mineral 
which absorbs radiation.

It does not yet have an official name and is known only as number 27-4. 
It can absorb radioactivity from liquid nuclear waste.

"It can extract radioactive substances from any water-based solution and 
so has a very important practical significance," said Yakov Pakhomovsky, 
the head of the Kolsky Research Institute.

After coming into contact with the mineral, radioactive water becomes 
completely safe. Had this mineral been available to physicists after the 
Chernobyl or Three Mile Island disasters, the consequences might have 
been very different, as both accidents resulted in contamination from 
radioactive water.

However, it is not as simple as it sounds. Scientists say they need 
tonnes of it and so far they have only discovered a few grammes. But 
they are confident that they can chemically reproduce it on a much 
larger scale.

"We need to learn its properties and so that chemists can reproduce it 
on an unlimited scale," said Grigory Ivanyuk, from the Kolsky Research 
Institute.

Every year ten new minerals are discovered in the Arctic Circle, and one 
third of all worldwide mineral discoveries are on the Kolsky Peninsula.

The latest find may prove to be extremely significant for the nuclear 
industry.
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:)

Vern

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