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Hanford pours first glass from Vit Plant melter

November 8, 2023, 9:30AMRadwaste Solutions

Workers monitor the pouring of melter glass from a control room in Hanford’s LAW Facility. (Photo: DOE)

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said crews at its Hanford Site in Washington state have started pouring the first molten glass from a waste vitrification melter into a stainless steel container at the site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, also known as the Vit Plant.

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Hanford pours first glass from Vit Plant melter

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