This summer the Hanford vitrification plant, where construction started in 2002, is expected to begin turning some of the least radioactive tank waste into a stable glass form for disposal at Hanford.

A bill that would exempt Umatilla County from the statewide ban on new nuclear energy facilities has drawn the opposition of ...

A Seattle Democrat said he stopped a bill that would have helped Richland woo $3.5 billion in nuclear manufacturing because of budget shortfalls, concerns about nuclear waste storage and opposition ...

Production of the WWII atomic bomb was “need to know”, limited to physicists and engineers for security.  The two fission bombs immediately killed about a quarter million Japanese.

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as soon ...

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 ...

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 ongoing cold ...

Environmental cleanup is underway at the 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear reservation. The underground radioactive waste storage tanks and the vitrification plant are in the center of the site.

This summer the Hanford vitrification plant, where construction started in 2002, is expected to begin turning some of the least radioactive tank waste into a stable glass form for disposal at Hanford.