Richland, WA. The Department of Energy is at risk of missing deadlines to have the Hanford vitrification plant fully operating by a federal court deadline of 2036.

After more than 18 years, construction is finished on the key parts of the $17 billion Hanford vitrification plant that will be needed for initial treatment of radioactive waste.. Building the ...

The Department of Energy may not be able to complete the Hanford vitrification plant for the projected $12.2 billion, according to an internal DOE document. The $12.2 billion figure is at risk due ...

RICHLAND — The Department of Energy may not be able to complete the Hanford vitrification plant for the projected $12.2 billion, according to an internal DOE document. The $12.2 billion figure ...

The new firm will operate the Hanford vitrification plant, under construction since 2002 to turn radioactive waste into a solid glass form. It also will manage waste in underground tanks, which ...

RICHLAND, Wash. — Speculation that a key leader of Hanford’s vitrification plant was transferred because he blew the whistle on the project is just wrong, the employee said.

The Dept. of Energy-owned Hanford site in southeast Washington is in the process of creating the Vit Plant, a $16.8-billion project to turn 56 million gallons of chemical and radioactive waste ...

The Hanford vitrification plant project plans to hire nearly 300 workers in the next several months, says contractor Bechtel National. The hiring comes as the plant continues to shift from mostly ...

Richland, WA. The Hanford site vitrification plant has filled a first container with test glass in a step toward glassifying radioactive waste to allow the permanent disposal of waste — some ...

Progress is being made to resolve the technical issues that have stopped some construction at the Hanford vitrification plant since 2012. The Department of Energy and its contractor, Bechtel ...

Each tour stop includes information on the facilities, their components and their role in the vitrification process. The LAW facility is 330 ft long and 240 ft wide, approximately the size of one ...

Richland, WA. The Hanford site vitrification plant has filled a first container with test glass in a step toward glassifying radioactive waste to allow the permanent disposal of waste — some ...