– U.S. Hanford Nuclear Site to Glassify Plutonium Waste
U.S. Hanford Nuclear Site to Glassify Plutonium Waste RICHLAND, Washington, January 12, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy is poised to complete a cleanup commitment that has been decades in the making – immobilizing in glass the least radioactive portion of the tank waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south central Washington State. For more than 40 years, nuclear reactors at Hanford produced plutonium for America’s defense program. Beginning in 1943, the site was used...
United States Department Of Energy District Of Columbia Columbia River Environmental Protection Agency State Of Washington
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