Luna Corbden 🐸Oct 18

Wow, they're FINALLY starting vitrification out at Hanford? My dad was working on that project 40 years ago!!

https://www.fox28spokane.com/hanford-site-begins-solidifying-tank-waste-in-glass-department-of-energy-announces/

Hanford Site begins solidifying tank waste in glass, Department of Energy announces | FOX 28 Spokane

RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford site, a decommissioned nuclear production complex that manufactured plutonium for the Manhattan Project in World War II, has started solidifying waste in glass through the new Low-Activity Waste Facility. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Office of Environmental Management, Hanford houses 56 million gallons of radioactive and

FOX 28 Spokane
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@corbden Nothing like government efficiency!

I'm still surprised they got the Low Activity Waste facility started.

We'll just ignore that the High Level Waste Facility isn't anywhere near starting...

And unless the Cross-Site Transfer Line is reactivated (or a new one built), only nuclear waste from 200 East area can be processed. The transfer line is needed to get the waste from 200 West the 5 to 6 miles to the Vit Plant.

#Hanford
#HanfordSite
#DOE
#VitPlant
#NuclearWaste

Oct 18 at 6:45pmWeb