This July marked 80 years since the U.S. government detonated the first atomic bomb in the desert of southern New Mexico, ...

The testing process, called “hot commissioning,” will introduce radioactive waste to the plant for the first time and verify ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began tearing down buildings, ripping up foundations, digging out soil and pumping out ...

From 1975: More than 4,000 gallons of radioactive waste leaked from a Hanford storage tank – the 19th such leak to occur. The waste “seeped through the bottom or sides of the steel-lined ...

The waste is left from production of nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program from World War II through the Cold War. Until now, just three gallons of 56 ...

The waste is left from production of nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program from World War II through the Cold War. Until now, just three gallons of 56 ...

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as soon ...

A two-month study at Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant is testing emission controls on a new stack, using chemical simulants to ensure safety and compliance before treating radioactive waste. The ...

The fund was created in 2018, but former Gov. Mike Parson did not allocate money for the testing. The St. Louis region has long grappled with a legacy of nuclear waste on multiple fronts.

The post 1960s vacuum found in radioactive waste at nuclear plant appeared first on Talker. The 1960s Electrolux vacuum cleaner. (Sellafield Ltd via SWN) The Pile Fuel Cladding silo.

Funding a nuclear waste renaissance So far, Thorizon has raised €42.5mn, including funding from the French government and Dutch bodies such as Invest-NL and the Brabant Startup Fonds.