Routinely grouting rather than glassifying some of the least radioactive tank waste has the potential to save billions of ...

For Ecology, Earth Day is more than just one day a year — it’s our mission every day. From responding to climate change, ...

Three years ago, the last time the Department of Energy issued its Hanford Lifecycle Scope ... plutonium-production reactors along the Columbia River that have already been “cocooned ...

In the site's early days, plutonium would be sent from Hanford to the Los Alamos Laboratory ... supply of cold water provided by the Columbia River, which was needed to cool its nuclear reactors.

During World War II, the United States was desperate to develop the nuclear bomb ahead of Germany and maintain a ...

DOE will activate the sirens between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. in the 100 Area of the Hanford Site, near the Columbia River, east ...

The shortface lanx is sometimes referred to as the giant Columbia River limpet for its characteristic cone ... The shortface lanx has already disappeared from the Hanford Reach of the Columbia where ...

HANFORD, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Energy ... Notably, the DOE is transitioning from risk reduction along the River Corridor to addressing significant challenges in tank waste treatment ...

2025 Hanford Lifecycle Scope ... cleanup and disposition of eight plutonium-production reactors along the Columbia River that have already been “cocooned,” or put in work done to put them ...