Can carbon nanotubes play a role in the field of nuclear waste management?

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTCan carbon nanotubes play a role in the field of nuclear waste management?Carbon nanotubes possess physicochemical properties that make them an attractive possibility for nuclear waste management, though much investigation needs to be done.Fabio Belloni, Ceren Kütahyali, Vincenzo V. Rondinella, Paul Carbol, Thierry Wiss, and Alfonso MangioneView Author Information European Commission, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe, Germany Ege University, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Izmir, Turkey European Commission, Institute for Transuranium Elements Istituto Tecnologie Avanzate, Trapani, ItalyCite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 5, 1250–1255Publication Date (Web):March 1, 2009Publication History Published online1 March 2009Published inissue 1 March 2009https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es802764ghttps://doi.org/10.1021/es802764gnewsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2009 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views6383Altmetric-Citations83LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (8 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Adsorption,Carbon,Carbon nanotubes,Materials,Nuclear waste Get e-Alerts