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 ...

The Department of Energy is unlikely to meet a deadline set by a federal court for the next step to prepare the Hanford site’s vitrification plant to treat radioactive waste for disposal.

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 ...

A large holding tank with ammonia vapor was discovered by workers to be leaking near the vitrification plant in the 200 East Area, according to the Hanford Emergency Operations Center. The tank’s ...

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 ...