Hanford workers have completed the final pipeline link between radioactive waste tanks and a vitrification plant set to start ...

The last piece of piping has been installed to move radioactive waste to the Hanford site vitrification plant, as final ...

The waste is left from chemically processing uranium fuel irradiated in Hanford reactors to produce nearly two-thirds of the ...

The Hanford nuclear site's massive vitrification plant could begin treating waste for disposal as soon as this summer.

The vitrification plant is being built to convert millions ... The plant has long been considered the cornerstone of cleanup at the Hanford site, but the project has been mired in cost overruns ...

The Hanford site is one of the nation's worst nuclear waste dumps, with construction of the vitrification plant ongoing since 2002. About 56 million gallons of waste are stored in underground ...

The Trump administration has proposed a $34 million cut for the Hanford nuclear site for the next fiscal year compared to spending last fiscal year. The proposal, forwarded to Congress which sets the ...

A massive building, already partially built at the Hanford nuclear reservation’s vitrification plant, may not be needed after all. The facility was expected to prepare the site’s most ...

Hanford plant begins final testing phase using chemical simulants for waste. Low Activity Waste Facility aims to start treating radioactive waste by July. DOE contractor H2C set to assume ...

RICHLAND — 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 ...

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 as ...