Hanford site workers have begun draining the the last nuclear reactor storage basin used to hold irradiated fuel in Eastern Washington, reducing the risk of a leak that could contaminate the ...

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 ...

A major Hanford ... plant. Central Plateau Cleanup Co. In August, CPCCo. workers finished filling the K West Reactor Basin with 6,500-cubic yards of concrete-like grout after it was emptied of ...

“The potential risk at the site is if we find contaminated soil, contaminated water – something nobody knew about,” Pugh said. Hanford ... foot chemical treatment plant to reduce the risk ...

HANFORD, Wash. – A pipe fitting failure at the Hanford site led to a burst of water, but prompt action by Hanford Mission Integration Solutions kept the situation under control. The failure ...