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AIKEN, S.C. - NOVEMBER, 20 2013: Dressed in contamination suits, three workers are watched by a crane specialist on a video monitor in the control room of the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. The control room remotely operates a large crane and tools needed during the vitrification process. Vitrification seals processed radioactive waste in glass for storage. CREDIT: Stephen Morton for The New York Times

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AIKEN, S.C. - NOVEMBER, 20 2013: Dressed in contamination suits, three workers are watched by a crane specialist on a video monitor in the control room of the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. The control room remotely operates a large crane and tools needed during the vitrification process. Vitrification seals processed radioactive waste in glass for storage. CREDIT: Stephen Morton for The New York Times