Wow, this is very sad news. Rod Ewing, along with a handful of other mineralogists, essentially invented the field of radioactive waste immobilisation. He leaves an outstanding legacy. ☢️ A lovely tribute here from François Diaz-Maurin - @francoisdm.bsky.social

I had absolutely the BEST time visiting the HZDR @[email protected] labs with Kristina Kvashnina Peter Kaden Natalia Mayordomo Herranz and others. Truly incredible #radiochemistry facilities that I hope to send my students and postdocs to work in soon. So many gloveboxes! 😂 Thank you! ☢️ South West Nuclear Hub

And it was great to talk about the speciation of #uranium in natural titanate minerals when I visited HZDR @[email protected] too. Thanks to the incredible HERFD-XANES spectrometer Rossendorf Beamline European Synchrotron, it transpires the U(V) is probably far more prevalent than we think ☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️

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How ace it is to be in #Dublin for the fourth European Mineralogical Conference, EMC2! A great chance to catch up with colleagues young, old & new University of Bristol Earth Sciences Manchestergeomicro, as well our mineralogical hero, Mr MineralogicalSociety himself, Kevin Murphy! Can't wait for some great talks.

Minerals, minerals, minerals! #emc2

Huge thanks to the organisers of #emc2 for inviting me to be the keynote speaker at today's session on exotic and ubiquitous #minerals, and for the great questions too. No minerals were harmed in the making of this talk! University of Bristol Earth Sciences South West Nuclear Hub

"When we move to thinking about a new generation of nuclear power, we must think about nuclear waste now". I chat with BBC News (UK) about the UK's radioactive waste & our plans to manage it. South West Nuclear Hub Science Partnership Office, University of Bristol University of Bristol Earth Sciences University of Bristol Nuclear Waste Services Research Support Office bbc.com/news/articles/…

Excellent piece by Victoria Gill 💙💛 on BBC Breakfast today on the challenges of nuclear waste management at Sellafield and the search for a final resting place in a geological facility. Watch here (from 07:21): shorturl.at/neXHp South West Nuclear Hub University of Bristol Earth Sciences Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

A piece we’ve been working on for a while: What in the deep bedrock of Earth will the UK do with its nuclear waste - material that remains hazardous to humans for thousands of years. Kate Stephens Prof Claire Corkhill BBC News (UK) bbc.com/news/articles/…

🚨New paper alert! In this collaboration between South West Nuclear Hub partners University of Bristol Earth Sciences & the Nuclear Futures Institute Bangor University, we explore Zr doping in UO2 nuclear fuel & its effect on radiation properties shorturl.at/1hOhA

I have to go to some *really terrible* places for work... Lovely 9ish mile run out to Rhoscolyn Head this evening, ahead of the CoRWM plenary and visit to Wylfa nuclear power plant ☢️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 University of Bristol Earth Sciences #niceZfold

In case you missed it, check out this great piece from the BBC News (UK) on radioactive waste disposal in the UK, from decommissioning and storage of waste at Sellafield Ltd, to plans for disposal in a geological facility. I had a lot of fun working on this! youtu.be/4lv5vFiZhpI

What a beautiful day to visit a Magnox reactor ☢️😎 Many thanks to Nuclear Restoration Services #Wylfa for hosting CoRWM and for briefing us on all things decommissioning and radioactive waste management at the site. Diolch yn fawr iawn! Until next time #Wales, you beauty! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Tune in to BBC Radio 4, to Inside Science, for some really excellent insight to nuclear waste management and disposal, from colour changing cats to my research in geological disposal of radioactive materials University of Bristol Earth Sciences South West Nuclear Hub Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Goodness me, there's a lot going on right now! I'm really thrilled to have been appointed as the South West Nuclear Hub's new Director for Research and Innovation! I can't wait to get stuck in! 🎉 University of Bristol Earth Sciences Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 southwestnuclearhub.ac.uk/swnh-directors…

Our Professor Prof Claire Corkhill is all over the BBC right now! - first the TV, now the radio...

What should the UK do with its nuclear waste? | Interviews (thenakedscientists.com) In this week's The Naked Scientists podcast, I talk with Dr Chris Smith about the 100,000 year problem of radioactive waste rb.gy/rzi416 University of Bristol Earth Sciences Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 South West Nuclear Hub

A smashing day of #EXAFS at Diamond B18 Diamond Light Source today, collecting some beautiful data on obsidian glasses for Frankie 🌋 Topped off by a gorgeous sunset sunset swim by the sea #LUSH #LUSH #LUSH #Science University of Bristol Earth Sciences

Listen again as I chat with Naga Munchetty and Dr Chris Smith on BBC Radio 5 Live about nuclear energy and radioactive waste (2:43) in "the science of". South West Nuclear Hub University of Bristol Earth Sciences Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 University of Bristol Science Partnership Office, University of Bristol bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…