Does anybody recall the roughly 3.6 million pounds of high-level radioactive waste that is looming between California Interstate 5 and the Pacific Ocean to the east and west, respectively, and ...

DOE may shift strategy at Hanford as waste plant nears initial operation. Plant construction began in 2002; deadline for waste treatment is Oct. 15. Facility employs 3,000 workers and receives $3 ...

Seventh in a series about the gas industry’s radioactive waste. When John Quigley became the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in 2015, he knew that he would be busy ...

Gov. Ferguson warns of legal action if DOE delays Hanford waste treatment plan. Hanford’s vit plant faces uncertainty despite $30B investment and 3,000 workers. Washington state regulators report no ...

RICHLAND – 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 ...

DOE was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...

The Department of Energy on Wednesday signed the paperwork needed to allow radioactive waste to be pumped into the Hanford nuclear site's vitrification plant 23 years after construction began, said ...

Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. A Utah company wants to import massive ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Two days ahead of a meeting focused on a proposal to dispose of Canadian radioactive waste at a Tooele County facility, a coalition of 85 groups, most of them environmental ...

Nuclear waste remains a major environmental hazard due to its long-lasting radioactivity, which can persist for thousands of years. However, new research by University of Sharjah scientists, published ...