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he Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant recently received more than 3,500 gallons of sodium hydroxide, commonly known as lye.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has achieved a major milestone by completing commissioning of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System facility.

Cleanup progress at the former Portsmouth and Paducah uranium enrichment plants is helping enable new opportunities for local communities to continue advancing U.S. energy and U.S. security goals, Joel Bradburne said.

Facility treated over 1,700 gallons of waste per day — nearly triple the rate of previous run

Electricians Jim Nowlin and Steve Brunner were among a crew that recently disconnected thick power cables feeding the X-333 Process Building to prepare for upcoming demolition activities at the Portsmouth Site.

The Hanford Field Office and its tank operations contractor recently began retrieving radioactive and chemical waste from another large, underground storage tank at the Hanford Site.

A local museum recently opened an exhibition on the community’s Cold War-era uranium boom, and the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project took part.

Efforts lead way to enabling modernization, providing land for research, national security missions

Calloway County Middle School Team #1 recently won the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl

The Office of Environmental Management Hanford Field Office awarded Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant contractor Bechtel National Inc. approximately $14.2 million, or about 95% of the available fee for work performed last year.