Why can’t we dump nuclear waste in the same place we mine nuclear fuel?
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They’ve been working on the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant (WTP), aka the “vit” plant, for the last 20 years. It will turn stored underground tank waste on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation into glass through a vitrification process. *Supposedly* it will be operational next year, but I’m not holding my breath.
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