The vitrification plant at the Hanford site has hit a new milestone — pouring glass for the first time since construction began 21 years ago. “This marks another important step in ...

Hanford’s Low Activity Waste plant is expected to start up next year, while the entire Waste Treatment Plant is now expected to be commissioned sometime in the 2030s. Many want the plant to work ...

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 ...

the Department of Energy Hanford manager. Four melters are at the heart of the planned operations of the Waste Treatment Plant, or vitrification plant, to turn radioactive and chemical waste into ...

or Waste Treatment Plant, by the end of this year. But the COVID-19 pandemic, and now the delay in startup of the melter, have led to the need for a new schedule, which Hanford officials will work ...

The Test Bed Initiative demonstration is proposed to show whether some radioactive waste ... for treatment in addition to glassifying radioactive waste at Hanford’s vitrification plant.

Hanford’s Low Activity Waste plant is expected to start up next year, while the entire Waste Treatment Plant is now expected to be commissioned sometime in the 2030s. Many want the plant to work ...