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Most radioactive site in US is moving on from the Manhattan Project (newatlas.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Vitrification is being used to move the radioactive material into a "safe" form. Then it is stored in trenches or deep underground.

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[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I work there. Not many people know that Hanford even exists, but it’s nice to see an optimistic article rather than one comparing it to Chernobyl or something.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was a great read!

They are mixing the radioactive waste with sand and turning it into glass to make it inert. That is just incredible.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

New batch of green glowing glass drops? Ooo yeah, need that Uranium glass

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago

Wow, I had not realized there were millions of litres of radioactive sludge that needed to be dealt with... but on the other hand, it sounds like they didn't either due to all of the secrecy.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It’s the Hanford site in the state of Washington.

Vitrification is a term I learned playing Portal 2!