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 ...

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 Energy Department may not be able to complete a Hanford waste treatment plant for the projected cost of $12.2 billion. The vitrification plant is being built convert waste on the nuclear ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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