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Social distancing is being made easier at Sellafield, as innovative measures are introduced to the nuclear site. The most visible change to the site comes in the form of three inflatable tents, providing additional welfare space for workers now that social distancing requirements have reduced the number of people who can access the canteens and tea bars. The igloo-like domes offer socially distanced seating and tables for those on their breaks, and include one-way systems, non-slip floors and a robust cleaning regime. With the West Cumbrian weather not always being too favourable in w...

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 to produce plutonium for the bomb that brought an end to World War II. Production was ramped up aga...