Read more about the plant and vitrifiction on our Waste Treatment Plant page. Plutonium Finishing Plant One of Hanford's most highly contaminated facilities was the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP), ...
The lab also will play a major role in turning radioactive waste into a stable glass form at the Hanford vitrification plant ... nearly two-thirds of the plutonium from World War II through ...
The Hanford Site produced more than 70 tons of plutonium between World War II and the Cold War. When the production of plutonium ceased in 1989, it became a goal to clean up the chemical and ...
In the site's early days, plutonium would be sent from Hanford to the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where Manhattan ...
Workers in part of the center of the Hanford ... plutonium from World War II through the Cold War for the nation’s nuclear weapons program. The 200 East Area also has the vitrification plant ...
The US Department of Energy oversees Hanford. It's a Cold War-era facility that led US production of plutonium for use in tens of thousands of nuclear weapons. The site no longer produces plutonium.
During its operational years, Hanford supplied plutonium for the “Fat Man ... A waste treatment plant, set to begin vitrifying the waste into glass in 2025, offers some hope.
The Hanford Site is ... When the plant was up and running, using nine nuclear reactors and five reprocessing plants, it produced about 65% of the plutonium used by the US government.
Read more about the plant and vitrifiction on our Waste Treatment Plant page. Plutonium Finishing Plant One of Hanford's most highly contaminated facilities was the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP), ...