August 2024

August 28, 2024
Hanford Advisory Board to Meet in Spokane Sept. 10-11, 2024
The Hanford Advisory Board is on the road again, holding its September meeting in Spokane.


August 20, 2024
Hanford Stabilizes Last Reactor Fuel Storage Basin
Workers at the Hanford Site recently finished filling the last large concrete basin at the K Reactor Area with cement-like grout.


August 06, 2024
Construction Underway on Test Bed Initiative to Advance Hanford Tank Waste Mission
Hanford Site workers are installing equipment to demonstrate how an alternative treatment technology could safely accelerate cleanup of radioactive tank waste.

July 2024

July 29, 2024
DOE Announces Cleanup to Clean Energy Project at Hanford Site
The U.S. Department of Energy will enter into realty negotiations for a solar project capable of delivering up to one gigawatt of clean energy within an 8,000-acre area of DOE-owned land at the Hanford Site.


July 09, 2024
Hanford Draining Last Reactor Fuel Storage Basin
The U.S. Department of Energy is draining the last large concrete basin at the Hanford Site that stored reactor fuel rods during the World War II and Cold War era plutonium production mission.


July 02, 2024
Workers at Hanford Site Remove Radioactive Waste from 21st Large Underground Tank
Workers have finished removing radioactive waste from the 21st large underground storage tank as part of the massive cleanup of the site in southeast Washington state.

April 2024

April 29, 2024
State of Washington, federal agencies agree on future of tank waste cleanup at Hanford Site
The Tri-Party Agreement agencies announced a landmark agreement that proposes a realistic and achievable course for cleaning up millions of gallons of radioactive and chemical waste from large, underground tanks at the Hanford Site.

March 2024

March 26, 2024
Hanford Tank Waste Mission Advances with Heat up of Second Melter
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the safe and successful heat up of the second of the two world's largest melters at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington state.


March 08, 2024
EM Awards $27 Million to Six National Labs to Help Expedite Hanford Tank Waste Cleanup
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded $27.3 million for research and development to accelerate the Hanford Site’s tank waste cleanup mission.

January 2024

January 02, 2024
Hanford Looks Back on Year of Historic Achievements
The Department of Energy and its contractor partners made history and achieved several “firsts” while progressing the cleanup the Hanford Site in 2023.


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