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 ...

The Hanford nuclear site vitrification plant is completing key steps to soon start glassifying decades old radioactive waste for disposal in WA.

The Hanford site is one of the nation's worst nuclear waste dumps, with construction of the vitrification plant ongoing since 2002.

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

Container filled with glass at vitrification plant as Hanford nuclear reservation site in Washington prepares to treat radioactive waste.

Glass has been melted inside the world's largest radioactive waste melter at the Hanford nuclear reservation site for the first time, more than 20 years after construction on the vitrification ...

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 ...

DOE awards new company owned by BWXT, Amentum and Fluor the WA Hanford nuclear reservation site contract for vitrification plant, tank cleanup.

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