The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) plans for retrieval and on-site disposal of certain radioactive wastes 2 stored in underground tanks at ...

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.

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 ...

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 site has ...

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 ...

This appendix presents the summary of the committee’s interim report (NRC, 2005a) and an overview of developments since that report. In this final report, the committee stands by the findings and ...