Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant -- under construction

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This is a plant to turn liquid high-level radioactive waste into glass high-level radioactive waste. The construction of the plant is a multi-year, multi-billion dollar contract with the construction firm Bechtel.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site

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Coordinates: 46°33'4"N 119°30'15"W

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MHibbs

Boy that sounds like a really fun job

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