Hanford workers spent months preparing for the start of waste retrieval at Hanford’s double shell Tank AY-102. Washington River Protection Solutions An inspection of Hanford’s oldest double shell tank ...

The last eight double-shell waste tanks built at Hanford had only minor construction issues, according to the final construction review released by the Department of Energy on Tuesday. The review ...

The leak in a massive underground double-shell nuclear waste tank at the Hanford Site has grown significantly since the leak was first announced to the public last fall, according to sources who have ...

More of Hanford’s newest waste storage tanks could be at risk of developing leaks, according to a new evaluation. Tank farm contractor Washington River Protection Solutions compared the chemistry of ...

Radioactive particles have been measured at elevated levels for the first time in the outer safety space of the Hanford double-shell tank known as AY-101. The contractor that manages the tank told ...

Hanford worker decontaminates equipment. (Photo courtesy Washington River Protection Solutions) RICHLAND, Washington, August 20, 2012 (ENS) – For the first time, a leak of highly radioactive waste has ...

The Department of Energy's Erik Olds walks inside a mockup of one of the Hanford nuclear reservation's 177 underground tanks. The tanks hold 53 million gallons of radioactive waste from 40 years of ...

An inspection of Hanford’s oldest double shell tank found not just one leak from the inner shell — it found seven. Tank AY-102 had a slow leak of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste from its ...