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AIKEN, S.C. - NOVEMBER, 20 2013: Using a joy-stick, video monitors and a protective window to maneuver a remote arm, support manager Lee Hart, prepares one of steps in the vitrification process at the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the old Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. The Energy Department began to cure an environmental nightmare at the site in 1996 by opening a factory to turn liquid radioactive wastes into a safer form. CREDIT: Stephen Morton for The New York Times

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AIKEN, S.C. - NOVEMBER, 20 2013: Using a joy-stick, video monitors and a protective window to maneuver a remote arm, support manager Lee Hart, prepares one of steps in the vitrification process at the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the old Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. The Energy Department began to cure an environmental nightmare at the site in 1996 by opening a factory to turn liquid radioactive wastes into a safer form. CREDIT: Stephen Morton for The New York Times