A nuclear production facility in Washington state, called the Hanford site, once forged the plutonium that reshaped the world. Now it’s forging glass; a quiet act of undoing at one of Earth’s most contaminated sites.

Vitrification is being used to move the radioactive material into a “safe” form. Then it is stored in trenches or deep underground.

  • jqubed@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    It’s the Hanford site in the state of Washington.

    Vitrification is a term I learned playing Portal 2!