More than 35 years after a Tri-Party Agreement was forged to promote cleanup at Eastern Washington’s Hanford site, the people of our state are still waiting for meaningful action.

Environmental cleanup is underway at the 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear reservation. The underground radioactive waste storage tanks and the vitrification plant are in the center of the site.

DOE releases short scorecards that summarize the annual performance of its contractors at the Hanford site in Eastern Washington and gives justification for the incentive pay, or "fee" as it ...

Delmar Noyes has been named the Department of Energy assistant manager for the start up, commissioning and integration of the Hanford vitrification plant effective Nov. 12. He will support ...

The U.S. Department of Energy is building a vitrification plant at the Hanford Site. Because Hanford was used to make plutonium for the very first nuclear bomb, the waste there is particularly complex ...

Workers in part of the center of the Hanford nuclear site were ordered to take cover indoors at 4:50 p.m. Friday. A large holding tank with ammonia vapor was discovered by workers to be leaking near ...

The lab also will play a major role in turning radioactive waste into a stable glass form at the Hanford vitrification plant, testing waste to ensure it is suitable for glassification. In its ...