Federal Judge Sets New Deadlines for Hanford Cleanup

A federal judge has set new consent decree milestones for tank waste management and treatment at the Hanford Site in Washington state, extending the deadline to have the Waste Treatment Plant fully operating by 14 years to 2036. The order also sets milestones for…

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Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

Hanford prepares to begin retrieval from 25th single-shell tank

The Department of Energy and its Hanford tank waste contractor are preparing to begin retrieving radioactive and chemical waste from the site’s 25th single-shell tank, marking another milestone in the decades-long cleanup effort. DOE’s Hanford Field Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]