The Department of Energy is looking at a way to speed up Hanford nuclear site environmental cleanup by having some waste with ...

The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant was built to turn that nuclear waste into glass; it started operating in October 2025. The history of the Hanford Site and the way the stored ...

SEATTLE — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...

DOE starts vitrification at Hanford, converting tank waste into durable glass. Plant produced glass that meets disposal standards for lined landfill burial. Vitrification frees double-shell tank space ...

First glassified Hanford tank waste canisters moved to lined landfill. Integrated Disposal Facility be permanent disposal site for vitrified waste. Landfill can only accept low level radioactive waste ...

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 ...

Twenty-three years and 70 days after workers began pouring concrete to build the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, the plant has turned radioactive and hazardous chemical waste into a stable glass form ...