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Title: Sludge processing
Sludge processing
Name: Sludge processing
Document Date: 06/01/2012
Keywords: sludge, radioactive, K Basins, knockout
Official Building Numbers: 100K
Area: 100K
Description:
Highly radioactive material, called knockout pot sludge, resulted from the corrosion of spent nuclear fuel and other debris left from plutonium production operations. Workers are preparing to move the material out of a basin near the Columbia River and place it in long-term storage.