Geoscientists from Lawrence Berkeley, Sandia, and Los Alamos national labs are collaborating on the HotBENT project, which will evaluate the long-term safety properties of bentonite, a clay-based material placed around buried canisters of high-level nuclear waste. https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fnewscenter.lbl.gov%2F2022%2F01%2F18%2Fnational-labs-support-safe-nuclear-waste-disposal-by-studying-safety-material-for-underground-sites-2%2F&sa=D&ust=1642636911704000&usg=AOvVaw39Gqt1NeC0DgnrZQNfiVMs
January 2019 – July 2022
