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  • From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste

    Cedar Attanasio|Oct 9, 2025

    For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic bomb to the arms race that fueled the Cold War. Now, after decades of planning and billions of dollars of investment, the site is turning liquid nuclear and chemical waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation into a much safer substance: glass. State regulators on Wednesday issued the final permit Hanford needed for workers to remove more waste from o...