Crews have completed installing the transmission line to improve the reliability of electrical service used to power waste ...

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.

A two-month study at Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant is testing emission controls on a new stack, using chemical simulants to ensure safety and compliance before treating radioactive waste. The ...

Hanford Vitrification Plant Start-up Deadlines Moved Back By Federal Judge. By Tim Newcomb. A federal judge has approved a 2025 deadline for the startup of operations at the Hanford Waste ...

New Hanford site contractor. That will be 23 years after ground was broken to build the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, commonly called the vitrification plant.

Radioactive waste melter at the Hanford nuclear reservation site’s vitrification plant in Washington has glass frit added for the 1st time.

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 ...

Four Hanford melters planned. The vit plant’s Low Activity Waste Facility, which will glassify the least radioactive waste, will have two 300-ton melters.

The vitrification plant at the Hanford site has hit a new milestone — pouring glass for the first time since construction began 21 years ago. “This marks another important step in ...

New Hanford site contractor. That will be 23 years after ground was broken to build the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, commonly called the vitrification plant.

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 stored since ...

Radioactive waste melter at the Hanford nuclear reservation site’s vitrification plant in Washington has glass frit added for the 1st time.