Defense Waste Processing Facility

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Defense_Waste_Processing_Facility
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:industry
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:DWPF
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1983
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Bechtel_National,_Inc.
gptkbp:handlesWasteFrom nuclear weapons production
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Defense Waste Processing Facility
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkb:Savannah_River_Site
gptkbp:notableFor first full-scale radioactive waste vitrification plant in the United States
gptkbp:numberOfGlassCanistersProduced over 4,000 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:opened 1996
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Savannah_River_Site
gptkbp:processor vitrification
gptkbp:product glass canisters
gptkbp:purpose immobilization of high-level radioactive waste
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:wasteTypeProcessed high-level radioactive liquid waste
radioactive supernate
saltcake
sludge
gptkbp:website https://www.srs.gov/general/srscitizens/dwpf/dwpf.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Savannah_River_Site
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5