World's largest radioactive waste melter starts in Eastern WA
Workers prepare the shipment of highly radioactive sludge for movement to the center of the Hanford Site. Cleanup efforts at Hanford include a new tool to solidify waste.
COURTESY PHOTO/HANFORD.GOV
Oct. 9—There's no turning back at the Hanford site's vitrification plant after the heat up of the world's largest melter for radioactive waste started Saturday, 20 years after construction of the plant began.
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