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vitrify

[vi-truh-fahy] / ˈvɪ trəˌfaɪ /




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DOE’s Savannah River, S.C., site began operating a facility to vitrify less complex radioactive waste in 1996.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024

The process to vitrify waste at Hanford is highly complex and involves multiple steps.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

Last October, the first of two melters used to actually vitrify the waste became active, with the second melter scheduled to launch this spring.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

The decision to vitrify the waste in Hanford’s 177 storage tanks goes back to what’s known as the Tri-Party Agreement, a legal agreement and consent order between the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

Good brick earth is not simple clay, but a compound substance; and what is essential is that it should burn hard or, in other words, partly vitrify under the action of heat.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various