Waste Vitrification Plant

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Waste_Vitrification_Plant

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:industry
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:WVP
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:environmentalImpact	reduces volume and mobility of radioactive waste
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Sellafield,_Cumbria,_England
gptkbp:notableFor	first UK plant to vitrify high-level waste
gptkbp:opened	1990
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Sellafield_Ltd
gptkbp:ownedBy	gptkb:Nuclear_Decommissioning_Authority
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Sellafield_site
gptkbp:processor	high-level liquid radioactive waste
gptkbp:produces	vitrified waste glass blocks
gptkbp:purpose	vitrification of high-level radioactive waste
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Office_for_Nuclear_Regulation
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Thermal_Oxide_Reprocessing_Plant gptkb:Magnox_reprocessing
gptkbp:status	operational
gptkbp:technology	vitrification
gptkbp:wasteForm	gptkb:glass
gptkbp:website	https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sellafield-nuclear-site
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sellafield
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Waste Vitrification Plant