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 lab also will play a major role in turning radioactive waste into a stable glass form at the Hanford vitrification plant, testing waste to ensure it is suitable for glassification. In its ...

Delmar Noyes has been named the Department of Energy assistant manager for the start up, commissioning and integration of the Hanford vitrification plant effective Nov. 12. He will support ...

Workers in part of the center of the Hanford nuclear site were ordered to take cover indoors at 4:50 p.m. Friday. A large holding tank with ammonia vapor was discovered by workers to be leaking near ...

The Hanford nuclear site contractor operating the lab that analyzes highly radioactive tank waste samples earned 95% of its possible incentive pay for fiscal 2024, up from 74% in the previous ...

It also advanced work to prepare tank waste for treatment at the vitrification plant and disposal. However, Hanford’s Effluent Treatment Facility and the 242-A Evaporator were not restarted as ...