Hanford News

A large group of people in white hard hats look at circular facility building with metal ladders and construction vehicles around it
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) and contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently demonstrated a potential new approach to refurbish double-shell tanks (DSTs) at the Hanford Site.
A group of people sit and stand around a computer and look at the computer screen
Crews at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) have poured the first test glass from a second melter into a stainless steel container in the plant’s Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility.
A large metal and concrete tank with two workers on ladders on either side of it
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company has begun assembling a cask storage system that will support moving almost 2,000 radioactive capsules out of a water-filled basin into safer dry storage, a significant step in risk reduction at the Hanford Site.
A group of people stand around a TV with a presentation on it, one woman points to the presentation
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) Office of River Protection and contractor Bechtel National Inc. recently created a plan for completing the High-Level Waste (HLW) Facility at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.
A group of young men and women in black polo shirts pose for a photo
An internship program administered by U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions is preparing a workforce with skills to meet future cleanup needs at the Hanford Site, an example of how the One Hanford team is developing and retaining new talent.
Two large screens displaying a machine. 3 workers with white construction hats stand around the screens
Workers with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently demonstrated two improved methods they intend to use for removing an old hydraulic pump from a large, underground tank storing radioactive and chemical waste at the Hanford Site.