"Enhancing Nuclear Waste Treatment with Neutron Measurement Technique"

Physicists from the University of Tokyo have developed a new technique to more accurately measure and predict how neutrons interact with atomic nuclei, paving the way for improved nuclear waste treatment facilities. This method could lead to the development of new theories about the creation of heavier elements in the universe. The research, inspired by colliding neutron stars, focuses on transmutation, the process of making unstable radioactive waste more stable by adding neutrons to change it into a safer form. The team's technique allows for the prediction of how materials absorb neutrons and undergo transmutation, potentially contributing to the design of nuclear waste transmutation facilities.