Bechtel National, Inc. is designing, constructing and commissioning a complex treatment plant to vitrify Hanford’s tank waste by blending it with molten glass and placing it in stainless steel canisters. The waste will remain stable and impervious to the environment while its radioactivity dissipates over hundreds to thousands of years. Vitrification is a waste stabilization method that has been proven in Europe and in the U.S. at DOE sites.
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U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection.