Hanford worker decontaminates equipment. (Photo courtesy Washington River Protection Solutions) RICHLAND, Washington, August 20, 2012 (ENS) – For the first time, a leak of highly radioactive waste has ...

Hanford workers spent months preparing for the start of waste retrieval at Hanford’s double shell Tank AY-102. Washington River Protection Solutions An inspection of Hanford’s oldest double shell tank ...

The oldest double-shell tank at Hanford will be permanently closed, the Department of Energy has told the Washington Department of Ecology. After emptying as much radioactive waste as possible from ...

The leak in a massive underground double-shell nuclear waste tank at the Hanford Site has grown significantly since the leak was first announced to the public last fall, according to sources who have ...

Two options that might speed up removal of radioactive waste from leaking underground storage tanks at Hanford will be evaluated, according to the terms of a settlement agreement reached Wednesday.

An unusual radiation reading in Hanford’s second-oldest double-shell tank has officials investigating to see if it may have an interior leak. However, an inspection with a video camera lowered into ...

Hanford could be challenged to immediately empty another of its underground, double-shell tanks holding high level radioactive waste if more of those tanks fail. A Department of Energy Office of ...

Hanford’s owner, The U.S. Department of Energy, is scrambling to deal with the second emergency at the nuclear site in 10 days’ time. Signs have emerged that a massive underground double shell nuclear ...

More of Hanford’s newest waste storage tanks could be at risk of developing leaks, according to a new evaluation. Tank farm contractor Washington River Protection Solutions compared the chemistry of ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading association for the project management profession, announced today that Washington River Protection Solutions’ Hanford ...

RICHLAND — Hanford workers are expected to begin pumping radioactive waste from a leak-prone underground tank at Hanford for the first time in nearly two years. Work is scheduled to begin this weekend ...

An inspection of Hanford’s oldest double shell tank found not just one leak from the inner shell — it found seven. Tank AY-102 had a slow leak of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste from its ...