Glass-making vit plant at Savannah River turns 30

The Department of Energy’s Defense Waste Processing Facility, which turns radioactive tank waste into glass form at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, is now 30 years old.
The facility for vitrifying tank waste into glass was commissioned in March 1996…

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