December 2023

December 04, 2023
First Test Glass Poured at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy is announcing the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant has produced the first container of clean glass as workers commission the first of two large melters in the plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility.

November 2023

November 20, 2023
Hanford Site Agencies to Hold Cleanup Dialogue Meeting in Kennewick Dec. 5
The public is invited to ask questions and learn about Hanford Site cleanup during an in-person Hanford Dialogue meeting in Kennewick on Tuesday, Dec. 5.

August 2023

August 17, 2023
Hanford Demolition Paves Way for Cleanup Progress Near Columbia River
A Hanford Site building that was critical to transferring radioactive sludge away from the Columbia River is coming down. Demolition of the K West Reactor Annex is another key step toward completing cleanup at the former plutonium production reactor.


August 08, 2023
Molten Glass Fills Vit Plant Melter
The Vit Plant team last week poured the first batches of glass-forming beads, called frit, into a melter heated to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit.

May 2023

May 02, 2023
State of Washington, Federal agencies announce conceptual agreement in Hanford Site Holistic Negotiations
The Tri-Party Agreement agencies announced today that negotiating teams have reached conceptual agreement in Holistic Negotiations on revising plans for managing millions of gallons of waste stored in tanks at the Hanford Site.

December 2022

December 20, 2022
Hanford Site Makes History; DOE-EM ‘2022 Year in Review’ Highlights Progress Nationwide
Today, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced its 2022 Year in Review, highlighted by the historic cleanup steps taken at the Hanford Site.

October 2022

October 27, 2022
HAMMER Federal Training Center Reaches 25-Year Milestone
The Volpentest HAMMER Federal Training Center at the Hanford Site commemorates 25 years of accomplishments today at its facility in Richland.


October 26, 2022
Metamorphosis: Cocooning Complete for Seventh Hanford Reactor Building
Just over a year after breaking ground, crews recently completed construction of a protective enclosure, or “cocoon,” around another former plutonium production reactor at the Hanford Site, leaving only one more to go.

August 2022

August 25, 2022
Ecology and Energy reach agreement to address Hanford’s leaking underground tanks
The Washington State Department of Ecology and the U.S. Department of Energy have agreed on a plan for how to respond to two underground tanks that are leaking radioactive waste as well as any future tank leaks at the Hanford Site.

February 2022

February 02, 2022
New Era In Hanford Tank Waste Treatment
RICHLAND, Wash. –Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced workers have begun the first large-scale treatment of radioactive and chemical waste from large underground tanks at the Hanford Site.


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