Workers are preparing to start construction on an 11th disposal cell, called a “super cell” because it and two others are ...

The last piece of piping has been installed to move radioactive waste to the Hanford site vitrification plant, as final ...

Plans to transform Hanford, which was integral to the nation’s nuclear arsenal after World ... s transition to renewable energy. But in Washington State, a government-led effort has just started ...

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation began operating ... Sources used for this story include the Hanford Site, the Washington State Department of Ecology, the US Department of Energy, the Environmental ...

nuclear waste program manager for the Washington state Department of Ecology, which is a Hanford site regulator. “They both prioritized strong relationships with Ecology as a regulatory partner ...

This site churned out plutonium for nuclear weapons during ... is the worst-case scenario. Washington state’s Ecology Department, which co-manages Hanford cleanup with two federal agencies ...

A spokesperson from the Hanford Nuclear Site said on Thursday morning that ... U.S. Environmental Protection Action and the State of Washington opposing the plan that "could send millions of ...

[DOE’s nuclear cleanup program] needs to move to an expeditious program with targets for cleanup of sites. The Hanford site in Washington state is a particular challenge. The Tri-Party Agreement ...

HANFORD SITE, Wash. — Washington state and federal agencies announced ... more durable plan,” said Stephanie Schleif, Ecology Nuclear Waste Program Manager. “Cleaning up Hanford’s tank ...