The Hanford nuclear site's massive vitrification plant could begin treating waste for disposal as soon as this summer.

The waste is left from chemically processing uranium fuel irradiated in Hanford reactors to produce nearly two-thirds of the ...

RICHLAND, Wash. - The Department of Energy is taking strides in dealing with Hanford tank waste. The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant is now testing key chemicals as part of ...

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 ...

The deadline for the U.S. Dept. of Energy to begin getting rid of long-stored radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site by starting up a a $17-billion treatment facility has been extended ...

“Think Out Loud” toured the Hanford nuclear reservation in September ... tank farm Subramanian described to an enormous waste treatment plant, also known as the vitrification plant, which ...

The control room for the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Facility at the US Department of Energy's Hanford site in Washington State has been commissioned. The facility is one of four major facilities ...

In 2002, work began on a tank waste treatment plant, which is key to cleaning up Hanford. The treatment plant will turn the waste from the deteriorating tanks into glass, which can then be stored ...

That will be 23 years after ground was broken to build the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, commonly called the vitrification plant. Progress to start treating radioactive waste “is the result of ...

Hanford Tank Waste Operations and Closure ... and repair the ammonia system for the low activity waste treatment portion of the plant. The plant has two tanks, each approximately 24 feet long ...