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A Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant crew added the first frit, or glass beads, to the melter inside the Low-Activity Waste Facility last week.
The Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) team last week poured the first batches of glass forming beads, called frit, into a melter heated to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks at "Cleanup to Clean Energy" Industry Day held July 28.
DOE on Friday kicked off its “Cleanup to Clean Energy” initiative, an innovative effort to repurpose parts of DOE-owned lands — portions of which were previously used in the nation’s nuclear weapons program — into the sites of clean-energy generation.