The testing process, called “hot commissioning,” will introduce radioactive waste to the plant for the first time and verify ...

Number 00047, the first canister, carries the initial pours of molten glass from the Waste Treatment Plant. Now cooled, the canister has a dulled surface from the extreme heat of multiple pours.

The plant is being built to turn some of the 56 million gallons of Hanford radioactive waste stored in underground tanks, many of them prone to leaking, into a stable glass form for permanent ...

The plant is being built to turn some of the 56 million gallons of Hanford radioactive waste stored in underground tanks, many of them prone to leaking, into a stable glass form for permanent ...

At full production, the vitrification plant’s Low Activity Waste Facility should be processing about 5,300 gallons of waste per day or producing about 23 tons of glass per day, filling 3.5 ...

Hanford site workers filled a waste container with glass for the first time at the vitrification plant for the first time. It was a test step in preparing to fill containers with a glass and ...

The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant is now testing key chemicals as part of ongoing cold commissioning. Brian Harkins, Hanford Field Office Acting Manager, highlighted the importance of ...

News Washington After 20-plus years radioactive waste melting plant at Hanford site takes key step forward Aug. 8, 2023 Updated Tue., Aug. 8, 2023 at 9:28 p.m. For the first time in more than 20 ...

RICHLAND -- A waste treatment plant under construction at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation faces 28 technical issues that could prevent it from reliably treating radioactive waste, a team of ...

At full production, the vitrification plant’s Low Activity Waste Facility should be processing about 5,300 gallons of waste per day or producing about 23 tons of glass per day, filling 3.5 ...

Richland's Hanford plant is moving forward with testing key chemicals to safely treat tank waste. This step is crucial for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant to be ready for ...

At full production, the vitrification plant’s Low Activity Waste Facility should be processing about 5,300 gallons of waste per day or producing about 23 tons of glass per day, filling 3.5 ...