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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant. The chemical will be used to test treatment processes before radioactive waste is used. Department of Energy The Low Activity Waste Facility has both its ...

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 ...