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

The vitrification plant’s new operators have been practicing making glass at the Low Activity Waste Facility since the first container was filled with glass at the end of 2023.

About 75 workers were at the vitrification plant, formally called the Waste Treatment Plant, late Friday afternoon on shifts scheduled to end at 6:30 p.m.

23 years later. Eastern WA plant set to treat WWII, Cold War radioactive waste Annette Cary Tue, May 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM UTC 6 min read ...

The vitrification plant’s new operators have been practicing making glass at the Low Activity Waste Facility since the first container was filled with glass at the end of 2023.

Piping has been installed in recent years to connect the tank farms to the vitrification plant, including installing a 3,500-foot underground transfer line between the vitrification plant and Tank ...

After cooling, the radioactive waste will be immobilized and ready for disposal. The glass forming material is trucked to 12 vertical tanks outdoors at the vitrification plant in central Hanford.

Workers at the Hanford nuclear site were ordered to take cover on Friday after a large holding tank with ammonia vapor was discovered to be leaking near the vitrification plant in the 200 East Area.

Technical issues at the Hanford vitrification plant could have been resolved earlier if there had been more attention to feedback from employees and others, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday.

The technology was developed by TVEL scientists. Testing is underway for the first time at an operating radiochemical plant. This should eliminate the accumulation of radioactive waste generated ...

The vitrification plant’s new operators have been practicing making glass at the Low Activity Waste Facility since the first container was filled with glass at the end of 2023.