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Dr Tom Smith believes that a modern take on a centuries-old technology could bring low-cost irrigation to poor regions of the world. Jon Excell reports.

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The Engineer 14 May 2012

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Local authorities in Cumbria and Kent are discussing the possibility of deep-level nuclear waste repositories, where waste will be sealed into underground vaults for thousands of years. What are your feelings about this method of disposing of high- and intermediate-level nuclear waste?

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