Hanford News

A man in a white lab coat and goggles opens a fume hood inside a lab and works inside of it
The Analytical Laboratory team at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently began radiological testing to calibrate laboratory instruments and confirm procedures, a significant step toward future waste-treatment operations.
A large group of people pose for a picture outside in front of a building
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) HAMMER Federal Training Center and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory co-hosted this year’s gathering of the Training Working Group of the Energy Facility Contractors Group at the Hanford Site.
Workers inside a dark inside area of a melter
Crews at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently brought the second of two 300-ton melters up to the operating temperature of 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit as part of EM’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program.