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 oldest double-shell tank at Hanford will be permanently closed, the Department of Energy has told the Washington Department of Ecology. After emptying as much radioactive waste as possible from ...

An unusual radiation reading in Hanford’s second-oldest double-shell tank has officials investigating to see if it may have an interior leak. However, an inspection with a video camera lowered into ...

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 ...

A leak in a massive nuclear waste storage tank at the Hanford Site has expanded significantly, KING 5 learned this weekend. After leak detector alarms sounded early Sunday morning, crews at Hanford ...

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 ...

Work to empty Hanford’s oldest double-shell tank is expected to start anytime as a March 4 deadline looms. The underground tank, AY-102, is leaking radioactive waste between its shells, and the state ...

Hanford could be challenged to immediately empty another of its underground, double-shell tanks holding high level radioactive waste if more of those tanks fail. A Department of Energy Office of ...

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 ...

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 ...