DOE was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...
The Department of Energy and the state of Washington have reached a conceptual agreement on revising plans for cleanup of Hanford’s radioactive waste in underground tanks after nearly three years of ...
The Department of Energy and its regulators have released a revised path forward for DOE’s most costly liability in the nation — the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste stored in leak-prone ...
Two options that might speed up removal of radioactive waste from leaking underground storage tanks at Hanford will be evaluated, according to the terms of a settlement agreement reached Wednesday.
Savannah River Mission Completion’s vision at the Savannah River Site is to remove, treat, and dispose of radioactive liquid waste and operationally close waste tanks. SRMC is the SRS Liquid Waste ...
The 56 million gallons of radioactive waste created from decades of plutonium enrichment at Hanford are stored in 177 massive, underground tanks on 18 different “farms” spread out over the 580 square ...
There is a new plan for cleanup at the contaminated Hanford site. The U.S. Department of Energy, the federal Environmental Protection Agency, and Washington State Department of Ecology Monday ...
In historic step, radioactive waste moved to massive Hanford treatment plant. DOE aims to produce certified glass canisters by Oct 15, 2025, under court order. Plant will glassify low-activity waste ...
The last piece of piping has been installed to move radioactive waste to the Hanford site vitrification plant, as final preparations are made to begin treating waste for disposal that has been stored ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — While one of the newer double-walled nuclear waste storage tanks at a Washington state complex has leaked, six others have “significant construction flaws” that could lead to ...
The Department of Energy Tuesday announced incentive payments of $89 million to five contractors working at the Hanford ...