Two options that might speed up removal of radioactive waste from leaking underground storage tanks at Hanford will be evaluated, according to the terms of a settlement agreement reached Wednesday.

State officials aren't convinced DOE's plan would result in more Hanford site waste treated for disposal.

There are "significant construction flaws" in some newer, double-walled storage tanks at Washington state's Hanford nuclear waste complex, which could lead to additional leaks, according to documents ...

Highly radioactive liquid waste has been safely removed from another legacy waste tank at the Savannah River Site, according ...

The Department of Energy and Washington state have reached an agreement on steps to address radioactive waste suspected of leaking into the ground from a third storage tank at the Hanford nuclear site ...

SPOKANE — While one of the newer double-walled nuclear-waste storage tanks at a Hanford complex has leaked, six others have “significant construction flaws” that could lead to additional leaks, ...

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SPOKANE — Underground nuclear waste storage tanks on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation continue to deteriorate, raising questions about how the wastes will be managed in the future, according to a ...

RICHLAND – The Department of Energy will not immediately begin emptying radioactive and hazardous chemical waste from two underground tanks that are leaking waste into the ground at the Hanford ...

A mosaic of images were fitted together to show the interior of the inner shell of Hanford Tank AY-102 after waste was removed to learn more about why the inner shell was leaking. Radioactive waste ...