Vitrification & Grout

Grouting excess low-level waste still years away at Hanford Site, report says

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While the Department of Energy is increasingly interested in using grout to solidify some low-level radioactive waste left from decades of plutonium production at its Hanford Site in Washington, operation of such a facility would not begin before the 2030s, according…

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Budget & Policy

DOE plans to “modernize” and reduce size of Hanford advisory board

Vitrification & Grout

DOE Hanford contractor gives out three grout subcontracts

Vitrification & Grout

DOE prepares to grout secondary waste byproduct from Hanford EMF

Vitrification & Grout

EM-1 Walsh wants greater “urgency” on state grout permit for Hanford

Vitrification & Grout

Washington Ecology boss OK with grout, but wants focus on glass

High-Level & Tank Waste

Hanford WTP turns 100,000 gallons of waste into glass form

Vitrification & Grout

DOE has many details to work out in Hanford grout plan

Vitrification & Grout

WTP early glassmaking to hit full stride by 2028

Cleanup & Remediation

Wright says Hanford budget haircut won’t slow ongoing glass making

Vitrification & Grout

First vitrified glass waste goes into Hanford disposal facility

The interior of an industrial furnace used for melting glass at high temperatures.
Vitrification & Grout

Glass-making vit plant at Savannah River turns 30

The Department of Energy’s Defense Waste Processing Facility, which turns radioactive tank waste into glass form at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, is now 30 years old. The facility for vitrifying tank waste into glass was commissioned in March… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
High-Level & Tank Waste

Latest Hanford WTP cost estimate $18.5B, not counting HLW

Vitrification & Grout

DOE seeks Hanford permit mod to grout some secondary waste

Vitrification & Grout

WTP solidified 40K gallons of waste in 25; ops resume after Christmas outage

Vitrification & Grout

DOE gets more time to decide where to grout Hanford waste

High-Level & Tank Waste

Hanford WTP filled 26 containers of glass during 2025

High-Level & Tank Waste

Hanford tank prime H2C invites grout proposals

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