Waste Vitrification Plant

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Waste_Vitrification_Plant
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:industry
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:WVP
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:environmentalImpact reduces volume and mobility of radioactive waste
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Waste Vitrification Plant
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