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

In 2020, a judge-directed consent decree was amended to require DOE to start treating waste at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant by the end of 2023. That extension was due to changes in workforce ...

“You can’t imagine how difficult this work is ... The Plutonium Finishing Plant was the final stop at Hanford for plutonium produced at Hanford reactors during the Cold War for the nation ...

A pipe goes from that tank farm Subramanian described to an enormous waste treatment plant ... t know if the waste is going to be shipped as a liquid or as a solid grouted form. As DOE’s top ...

“I don’t have any concerns,” said Dave Swank ... the Department of Energy decided to strengthen the plant it is building at Hanford to convert highly radioactive waste now stored in leaking ...

It can't be burned or buried ... which is key to cleaning up Hanford. The treatment plant will turn the waste from the deteriorating tanks into glass, which can then be stored more safely for ...

The Hanford plant is the only tomato processing plant in ... City and county officials said Thursday they hadn’t been officially made aware of the proposed sale of the massive 670,000-square ...

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 ...