Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #2

by Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Engineering National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, which produced plutonium for nuclear weapons from 1944-1987, is the site of the largest and most complex nuclear cleanup challenge in the United States. The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for managing the cleanup of the radioactive and other hazardous wastes stored in 177 underground tanks at the site. DOE plans to use vitrification, or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309690838
• ISBN13: 9780309690836
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 76 Pages