That's what happened with the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, in 2011. In the next five years, Hanford could start turning low-activity waste into glass. Miller said Hanford is on track ...

A new ballot initiative filed Jan. 27 would repeal previously approved obstacles to the development of commercial nuclear power plants in Oregon. Initiative Petition 18, filed by chief petitioner Ian ...

Today, an estimated 56 million gallons of radioactive waste remains at Hanford, much of it in storage tanks that are known to be leaking. Considering that the site sits near the Columbia River, about ...

Environmental cleanup is underway at the 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear reservation. The underground radioactive waste storage tanks and the vitrification plant are in the center of the site.

The Hanford nuclear site contractor operating the lab ... waste into a stable glass form at the Hanford vitrification plant, testing waste to ensure it is suitable for glassification.

The plant is 10 miles north of Richland on unused Hanford nuclear site ... Amazon is committed to investing in new nuclear energy technologies that can help power our operations and provide ...

Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft executives should instead take a deep breath and begin reevaluating their options. Do they ...

The U.S. Department of Energy offers free, four-hour bus tours of the Hanford site. The tours discuss Hanford’s role in the top-secret Manhattan project - the race by the United States and its ...

The Hanford nuclear site contractor responsible for radioactive ... It also advanced work to prepare tank waste for treatment at the vitrification plant and disposal. However, Hanford’s Effluent ...