Scale Model of Hanford's Vitrification Plant Being Tested SEATTLE, WA (KPLU) - At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (in southeast Washington), scientists are trying to figure out how to treat highly radioactive waste and turn it into glass logs. A massive facility now under construction will do that. But it won't open until 2019. First scientists are testing the treatment processes at a mini factory, a quarter of the size of the real thing. KPLU's Anna King reports. © Copyright 2009, KPLU