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 ...
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 ...
DOE was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A massive melter that’s intended to help treat radioactive waste at Hanford has been flipped on for a test — for the second time. This low-activity-waste melter is sort of like an overgrown Easy-Bake ...