Robust multilayer encapsulation and storage of atomic waste

A method of making a radioactive waste containment system for containing a radioactive waste material,

• said method including the steps of:
• providing an adjacent interior containment layer glass material having an adjacent interior containment layer property λ,
• providing an outermost exterior containment layer glass material having an exterior containment layer property λE with λE≠λ,
• and orienting said outermost exterior containment layer glass material relatively external of said adjacent interior containment layer glass material to provide for containment of a radioactive waste isolated from a surrounding exterior environment.

A method of containing a radioactive waste, said method including:

• providing a waste material,
• providing a interior containment layer glass material having an interior containment layer Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) property λ,
• providing an exterior containment layer glass material having an exterior containment layer property Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) property λE with λE<λ1
• and orienting said exterior containment layer glass material relatively external of said interior containment layer glass material to provide an in compression interior containment layer and an in compression exterior containment layer wherein said waste material is isolated from a surrounding exterior environment by said in compression interior containment layer and said in compression exterior containment layer with said radioactive waste material proximate said in compression interior containment layer.