The lab also will play a major role in turning radioactive waste into a stable glass form at the Hanford vitrification plant ... nearly two-thirds of the plutonium from World War II through ...

Hanford workers make progress in 2023 on installing a new ventilation system at the REDOX plant at the Hanford nuclear site to allow continued cleanup in the former plutonium processing facility.

Tuesday's accident happened atop one of two rail tunnels near the site's Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant (PUREX), which sits in the middle of the Hanford site. The tunnels are each hundreds of ...

Buried deep in the desert near the plutonium plant at Hanford, Wash. are thick-walled concrete treasure chests, guarded by a stronger curse than watches over any Egyptian tomb. If a thief were to ...