Assistant Secretary Tim Walsh welcomed U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to the Hanford Site.
The Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant has reached another major commissioning milestone, producing more than 20 stainless steel containers of immobilized low-activity waste. December 9, 2025
Workers at the Hanford Site have made room for more than 1 million gallons of waste storage, supporting cleanup efforts to transfer waste from older underground tanks to newer, double-shell tanks. November 25, 2025
Engineers with the contractor cleaning up the radioactive tank waste at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have developed a 3D-printed tool that can eliminate months from the tank waste sampling timeline. November 25, 2025
The Hanford Site has successfully started up its Low-Activity Waste Facility, a key component of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant that has begun to solidify Hanford tank waste in glass for the first time. This achievement, supported by the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management meets the October 15, 2025, Consent Decree legal commitment with the state of Washington.
Workers at the Hanford Site treated more than 7.25 million gallons of wastewater over a six-month period that ended recently. September 30, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is nearing completion of a campaign in Idaho that involves reconditioning previously containerized transuranic waste to allow its safe shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico for permanent disposal. September 30, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has reached another significant milestone with concurrence from regulators that radioactive waste has successfully been removed from another tank at the Savannah River Site. September 23, 2025
The Hanford Field Office is tackling the legacy of the past, cleaning up decades-old radioactive waste stored in large underground tanks. September 16, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) has reached another milestone with concurrence from regulators that the Savannah River Site (SRS) has successfully removed waste from another highly radioactive waste tank. August 5, 2025