When Barbara Lothenbach pushes ahead with her research projects, she knows that she will not live to see the final result: What she is working on should last between 100,000 and one million years. The researcher from Empa’s “Concrete & Asphalt” laboratory is investigating cement-based materials, which are suitable for the disposal of radioactive waste.
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