Hanford clean up mission progresses with heat up of second melter
RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford's mission of addressing chemical and radioactive waste in underground tanks is making progress with the latest heating up of the second melter.
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RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford's mission of addressing chemical and radioactive waste in underground tanks is making progress with the latest heating up of the second melter.
The melter is to remain on continuously for the next five years.
Four melters are at the heart of the project to turn radioactive and chemical waste into glass.
RICHLAND, Wash.- The first batch of glass beads were recently poured into a melter at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) on the Hanford site ahead of future operations
Four melters are at the heart of the project to turn radioactive and chemical waste into glass.