Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #3

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

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the state of Washington produced about two-thirds of the nations plutonium for nuclear weapons from 1944 until the last reactor was shut down in 1987. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) manages the ongoing clean-up at Hanford and has built a plant to convert the high-level radioactive waste into a glass form (vitrification) for safe disposal. However, decisions remain about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309699738
• ISBN13: 9780309699730
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 80 Pages