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World Service,2 mins

Should we blast nuclear waste into the sun?

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Nuclear waste is the clean-up job of the century. Could the sun help rid us of it? Professor Lucie Green from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory evaluates the technology, costs and risks of sending nuclear waste off Earth. (Image: Illustration of a Big Sun Star in Space. Credit: Getty Images)

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