High-Level & Tank Waste

DOE SAYS SALT, CLAY, CRYSTALLINE ROCK SUITABLE FOR HLW DISPOSAL

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The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy found that high-level waste disposal in salt, clay/shale rocks, and crystalline rock formations could all provide robust long-term isolation for specific wastes, according to a DOE report released yesterday.…

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Hanford turns 250K gallons of liquid waste into glass

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The Department of Energy Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., has now converted 250,000 gallons of less radioactive tank waste into solid glass form.
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