0 to change, or change something, into glass, or into a substance that is like glass, usually with the use of heat : --
High level vitrified waste has to be stored for up to 50 years before it can be disposed of.
For example, disposal of vitrified high level waste will not take place until after it has been stored for up to 50 years.
It was later proposed that perhaps it should be buried and that perhaps the higher-level waste should be vitrified.
There has been discussion of the need to glassify or vitrify the nuclear wastes.
As has been said, the most favoured option is the emplacement of vitrified or synroc high level waste in deep geological formations on land.
The policy for vitrified high-level waste from spent fuel reprocessing is to store it for at least 50 years before disposal.
Once spent fuel has been reprocessed and the reusable uranium and plutonium extracted the small proportion of high level waste can be vitrified.
Thus, vitrified samples can still be dehydrated.
