Richland, WA. The Hanford site vitrification plant being built to treat radioactive waste now has two massive melters heated to full temperature of 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit.. The next step will be ...

Richland, Wash. 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 ...

Richland, WA. 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 ...

Richland, WA. 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 ...

Richland, WA. There’s no turning back at the Hanford site’s vitrification plant in Eastern Washington after the heat up of the world’s largest melter for radioactive waste started Saturday ...

Richland, WA — Lightning sparked a fire near the center of the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington over the weekend. Workers were alerted about 10 p.m. Saturday that inbound traffic to ...

Richland, WA. The Department of Energy is unlikely to meet a deadline set by a federal court for the next step to prepare the Hanford site’s vitrification plant to treat radioactive waste for ...

The 586-square-mile Hanford site adjacent to Richland was used from World War II through the Cold War to produce nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program.

The 580-square-mile Hanford site adjacent to Richland produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program from World War II through the Cold War.

Richland, Wash. 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 ...

Richland, WA. 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 ...