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 ...

or Waste Treatment Plant, by the end of this year. But the COVID-19 pandemic, and now the delay in startup of the melter, have led to the need for a new schedule, which Hanford officials will work ...

A nearly two month long study is underway at the Hanford cleanup site, in southeast Washington state. It’s looking at a new stack on the Waste Treatment Plant — and how to keep too many ...

the Department of Energy Hanford manager. Four melters are at the heart of the planned operations of the Waste Treatment Plant, or vitrification plant, to turn radioactive and chemical waste into ...

For decades, more than 400 billion gallons of contaminated waste seeped into ... to hold vitrified waste at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, also known as the Vitrification ...

at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant. The chemical will be used to test treatment processes before radioactive waste is used. Department of Energy The Low Activity Waste Facility has both its ...