The US DOE has authorised radioactive waste processing at the Hanford nuclear site's vitrification plant, 23 years after ...

She put the money spent to date on designing, building, testing and commissioning the vitrification plant, with no waste yet ...

After what Sen. Patty Murray called "unacceptable delays," the federal Department of Energy gave the vitrification plant its ...

The Washington state Department of Ecology, a Hanford regulator, and DOE spent nearly four years negotiating the Holistic Agreement to establish a plan for dealing with radioactive tank waste for the ...

The federal government is unenthusiastic about cranking up its biggest cleanup project next month at the Hanford nuclear site ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson plans to challenge any decision that changes the current plan to start turning radioactive waste into a ...

After uncertainty surrounding the future of the Waste Treatment Plant the U.S. Department of Energy has given a green light ...

Halting Hanford waste treatment would be “a stunning waste of resources, a violation of multiple legal agreements and a slap ...

An astonishingly senseless and destructive move and a threat to the entire nuclear cleanup mission at Hanford.” ...

DOE may shift strategy at Hanford as waste plant nears initial operation. Plant construction began in 2002; deadline for waste treatment is Oct. 15. Facility employs 3,000 workers and receives $3 ...

The Department of Energy has officially approved the opening of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (or DFLAW) program at the Hanford Vitrification Plant, set to begin on October ...

A top Senate Democrat said the Energy secretary divulged during a phone call he’s “planning to curb” work at the sprawling Hanford site. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Democratic Sen. Patty Murray ...