Just about every company with expertise in glassifying wastes has shown up on Hanford's doorstep in the last few years.

If these firms aren't part of the four-company team led by British Nuclear Fuels, then it's almost certain to be on the 11-company team led by Lockheed Martin Advanced Environmental Services.

The two teams include just about the entire universe of companies with knowledge about turning radioactive wastes into glass.

But the relationships run even tighter than that. Five members of the Lockheed team also are affiliated somehow with the team Fluor Daniel Hanford is using to manage Hanford. That includes Lockheed Martin Hanford Co., which runs the tank farms for the Department of Energy.

It means Lockheed's Hanford subsidiary will be helping ready radioactive wastes for its sister firm - Lockheed Martin Advanced Environmental Services -as well as the BNFL effort.

However, Maurice Bullock, president of the BNFL team, sees no problem with the arrangement. Fluor Daniel Hanford, Lockheed Martin Hanford and the others will have to provide equal amounts of wastes in the same conditions for both ventures, he said.

And Bullock said he trusts the core Hanford companies to deliver what is needed to BNFL.

Here is how the two teams break down:

BNFL's team

- BNFL will coordinate the team's efforts and provide much of the glassification expertise. It will run the Hanford operation after construction.

- Bechtel National Inc. will coordinate construction and provide BNFL with an expert in understanding and dealing with American environmen tal and procurement laws. This is a sister company of Bechtel Hanford Inc., which manages environmental restoration at Hanford.

- Science Applications International Corp. is the team's expert on nuclear licensing and permitting. It will also do some safety analyses.

- GTS Duratek is the glassmaking and melter expert.

Lockheed's team

- Lockheed Martin Advanced Environmental Services coordinates the team and will run the operation after construction. This is a sister of Lockheed Martin Hanford Co.

- Fluor Daniel Inc. will handle construction. This is a sister of Fluor Daniel Hanford.

- Numatec is the expert in glassifying high-level wastes. It is a subsidiary of French-based Cogema, which runs the world's long-running vitrification operation. This will funnel Cogema's expertise and money into Lockheed's team. Numatec also is part of the Fluor Daniel Hanford team.

Numatec also is a subsidiary of French-based SGN, a prominent glassmaking corporation. SGN and Cogema are separate corporations, but joined forces to become parents of Numatec.

- Envitco replaced Molten Metal Technology as the melter expert several months ago. Envitco is partly owned by Cogema.

- AEA Technology will handle treating the wastes before it reach the melter.

- Nukem Nuclear Technologies will also tackle treating wastes prior to the melter stage.

- Molten Metal will research ways to recycle sodium extracted from low-level wastes in the initial treatment stages.

- OHM Remediation Services will tackle wastes produced by glassification.

- Duke Engineering & Services will handle safety, health and environmental matters. It is related to DE&S Hanford.

- Los Alamos Technical Associates will also handle safety, health and environmental matters.

- B&W Protec will provide security. This is the spinoff firm created with Hanford's security officers by B&W Hanford Co.