DOE may shift strategy at Hanford as waste plant nears initial operation. Plant construction began in 2002; deadline for waste treatment is Oct. 15. Facility employs 3,000 workers and receives $3 ...

The DEMAG crane at the Hanford Vit Plant's HLW Facility has completed its final scheduled heavy-lift operation and has been ...

The Trump administration is proposing a cut to the Hanford nuclear site budget of about $400 million, delaying some environmental cleanup projects. On Friday the Trump administration released a ...

The Hanford vitrification plant is weeks away from beginning to process radioactive waste. But now the Tri-Cities is getting mixed messages from Washington, D.C., about whether its start might be ...

Glassified radioactive waste is going into a lined landfill at Hanford.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Bob Ferguson plans to challenge any decision that changes the current plan to start turning radioactive waste into a stable ...

Hanford plant begins final testing phase using chemical simulants for waste. Low Activity Waste Facility aims to start treating radioactive waste by July. DOE contractor H2C set to assume operations ...

Gov. Ferguson vows legal challenge to DOE delay of Hanford vitrification plant start. Sen. Murray condemns DOE plan to curb startup, citing $30B in taxpayer cost. Court-set deadline to start treating ...

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site's massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as soon as ...