6:43 p.m. Update: The Hanford Emergency Operations Center says all clear. All employees are accounted for and safe. The issue has been resolved. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activated the ...

In 2002, work began on a tank waste treatment plant, which is key to cleaning up Hanford. The treatment plant will turn the waste from the deteriorating tanks into glass, which can then be stored ...

The Hanford nuclear site contractor operating the lab that analyzes highly radioactive tank waste samples earned 95% of its ...

Delmar Noyes has been named the Department of Energy assistant manager for the start up, commissioning and integration of the Hanford vitrification plant ... of waste treatment facilities and ...

Today, Hanford stores 56 million gallons of radioactive ... complete remediation isn’t expected until at least 2069. A waste treatment plant, set to begin vitrifying the waste into glass in ...