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Home » AI could help PNNL pack more nuclear waste into glass

AI could help PNNL pack more nuclear waste into glass

June 15, 2026
Rachel Visick
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Materials Scientist Xiaonan Lu is the lead author of a paper discussing how artificial intelligence can help pack more waste into glass.  

Courtesy Andrea Starr/PNNL

With the help of artificial intelligence, research from scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland could help optimize the vitrification of nuclear waste at Hanford and other nuclear sites.

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