Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNL
Sodium Oxalate Crystals
One of the challenges of using nuclear energy is ensuring safe treatment of waste. PNNL scientists and engineers simulate nuclear waste in a laboratory setting to study processing issues with large-scale vitrification. Captured here, by scientists Brian Riley and Jarrod Crum, is an optical micrograph of sodium oxalate crystals take under cross-polarized light. These crystals are an unwanted precipitate identified by our scientists in the process supernatant.
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Sodium Oxalate Crystals
One of the challenges of using nuclear energy is ensuring safe treatment of waste. PNNL scientists and engineers simulate nuclear waste in a laboratory setting to study processing issues with large-scale vitrification. Captured here, by scientists Brian Riley and Jarrod Crum, is an optical micrograph of sodium oxalate crystals take under cross-polarized light. These crystals are an unwanted precipitate identified by our scientists in the process supernatant.
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, "Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory." Please use provided caption information for use in appropriate context.