Conversion of radioactive waste into glass begins at WA’s Hanford site

Sixteen years after the original deadline, the Hanford nuclear reservation in south-central Washington state is finally converting its worst radioactive waste into a benign glass.  Glassification began Saturday evening, but the U.S. Department of Energy did not announce that the process was underway until Wednesday. “As the world’s largest radioactive waste treatment facility, the plant’s […]