Wash., used her powerful position in Congress to help Tri-Cities science, environmental and historical projects.

The Department of Energy on Wednesday signed the paperwork needed to allow radioactive waste to be pumped into the Hanford nuclear site’s vitrification plant 23 years after construction began, said ...

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 was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...

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 ...

RICHLAND — More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as ...

In Central Washington, a big problem sits in the lap of the U.S. Department of Energy: 56 million gallons of nuclear waste are lying underground in steel tanks at the Hanford nuclear site. The tanks ...

A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world.

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 ...

The Department of Energy Tuesday announced incentive payments of $89 million to five contractors working at the Hanford nuclear site in fiscal 2025. All earned at least 90% of the maximum possible ...

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., listens to a briefing on tank waste technology during a tour of the Hanford nuclear reservation in April 2019. Bob Brawdy Tri-City Herald File Hanford begins tank waste ...

Regarding the Aug. 13 Aiken Standard article titled “Method created to dispose of some spent nuclear fuel at SRS,” vitrifying spent nuclear fuel is not the same as disposing of it. Vitrification is ...