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Hanford completes 20 containers of immobilized waste
The Department of Energy has announced that the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) has reached a commissioning milestone, producing more than 20 stainless steel containers of immobilized low-activity radioactive waste.
G. J. van Rooij, G. M. Wright
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 53 | Number 2 | February 2008 | Pages 433-439
Technical Paper | Diagnostics | doi.org/10.13182/FST08-A1729
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An overview is given of the wide range of diagnostics that is providing valuable information on the interaction between plasma and the material wall in a fusion device. Of each technique, a brief description is given in combination with the main advantages and disadvantages for PSI research.
