In this “vitrifying” edition of Let's Talk About Hanford, we'll be talking about the Hanford Site's Waste Treatment Plant.

Nichols moved plutonium production from Oak Ridge to Hanford, Washington. Meeting with DuPont officials and Lt. Col. Franklin Matthias mid-December 1942, they discussed site requirements. Hanford had ...

A 42-year-old Hanford workers collapsed and died Wednesday on the Hanford nuclear site. The man was working the night shift at the massive vitrification plant when he walked out to a portable toilet ...

ISMSolutions previously provided structural engineering consulting for demolition work at the Hanford site’s highly contaminated Plutonium Finishing Plant. Courtesy Department of Energy Richland ...

With Hanford Site Manager Brian Vance having resigned from the Department of Energy, longtime federal supervisor Brian Harkins is now the highest-ranking ...

The US Department of Energy oversees Hanford. It's a Cold War-era facility that led US production of plutonium for use in tens of thousands of nuclear weapons. The site no longer produces plutonium.

As much as $589 billion will be needed to finish environmental cleanup and some monitoring at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington, but there is some good news there. Three years ago, the ...

HANFORD, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Energy ... The tank waste, which stems from past plutonium production, is stored in underground tanks at the site. Plans are underway to retrieve this ...

Hanford was used to produce plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program during World War II and the Cold War. Environmental cleanup is underway now. Courtesy Department of Energy However ...

Nichols moved plutonium production from Oak Ridge to Hanford, Washington. Meeting with DuPont officials and Lt. Col. Franklin Matthias mid-December 1942, they discussed site requirements.