With more and more nuclear reactors becoming active and increases in fuel consumption, an issue is raised: there is no conclusive method to handle the spent fuel. Vitrification of nuclear waste in ...

The vitrification plant at the Hanford site has hit a new milestone — pouring glass for the first time since construction began 21 years ago. “This marks another important step in commissioning the ...

The Hanford site vitrification plant has filled a first container with test glass in a step toward glassifying radioactive waste to allow the permanent disposal of waste — some stored since World War ...

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SEATTLE — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...

China has disposed of nuclear waste by turning it into glass as the country continues on its path to generate more nuclear power. The disposal technique was carried out on Saturday at a facility in ...