In southeastern Washington state, Bechtel National, Inc., is designing and constructing the world’s largest vitrification facility to convert radioactive waste stored in underground tanks to solid glass. The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, also known as the Vit Plant, is locat...
RICHLAND — A stainless-steel tank the size of a basketball court lies buried in the sandy soil of Southeastern Washington, an aging remnant of U.S. efforts to win World War II. The tank holds enough radioactive waste to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool. And it is leaking. For 42 ye...
Reservation in Richland.rnThe Hanford Nuclear Reservation was a key facility in developing nuclear weapons during World War II through the Cold War, and crews have been cleaning up radioactive contamination at the site for nearly two decades.rn"This is great news for thernstate of Washington," ...