Heart of Glass: The science of vitrification

<p>Vitrification – the process of making glass – is used to immobilise nuclear waste and also happens naturally in the earth. Laura talks to Tracey Taylor from the UK’s <a href='https://nnl.co.uk/'>National Nuclear Laboratory</a> about the glass making process and to <a href='https://science.uottawa.ca/earth/people/odriscoll-brian'>Brian O’Driscoll</a>, a geologist from the University of Ottawa in Canada, about natural glass and why researching this material is so important.</p> <p>Heart of Glass is an exhibition at <a href='https://www.florenceartscentre.com/'>Florence Arts Centre</a> in Egremont, West Cumbria, UK. The exhibition is on 24th March to 30th June and features images taken at a microscopic scale of nuclear waste glass.</p> <p>The exhibition is supported by <a href='https://www.manchester.ac.uk/'>The University of Manchester</a> and involves <a href='https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/thebeam/'>The BEAM nuclear and social research network</a>.</p>