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NWPB file photo: The melter gallery is pictured inside the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility at the Hanford site. Two melters, which are situated beneath the floor, will produce a sturdy glass product consisting of about 20 percent waste and 80 percent glass-making additives to be poured into seven-foot-tall stainless-steel containers for long-term disposal.
Annie Warren
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NWPB
The government shutdown means Hanford — the nation’s largest environmental cleanup site — gets more complicated, quickly.