Vitrification of Radioactive Waste (IMAGE)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Vitrification of Radioactive Waste

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The red material is radioactive tank waste from an underground storage tank at Hanford being illuminated by the molten glass below as it is vitrified into a solid glass for the first time in continuous process, very similar to the Direct Feel Low-Activity Waste system that will be used at Hanford, a former weapons production site in Washington State.

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