The last piece of piping has been installed to move radioactive waste to the Hanford site vitrification plant, as final preparations are made to begin treating waste for disposal that has been stored ...
RICHLAND – Emptying of another leak-prone underground tank holding radioactive and other hazardous waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation has begun for the first time since August 2021. The Hanford ...
Diehl Aviation says onboard water reduction, such as gray water reuse, can save up to 210 kg on a Boeing 787 long-haul flight. Credit: Diehl Aviation The complex piping and filtration systems that ...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR recently completed an extensive piping replacement project to extend the life of the Liquid and Gaseous ...
A single-shell tank is shown under construction at the Hanford nuclear reservation. Construction on the tanks to store radioactive waste began in 1943. Courtesy Washington River Protection Solutions ...
The 56 million gallons of radioactive waste created from decades of plutonium enrichment at Hanford are stored in 177 massive, underground tanks on 18 different “farms” spread out over the 580 square ...