We are at a pivotal time in the history of the Hanford site’s noble mission. 

One of the highest priorities in our One Hanford effort is the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) program to begin vitrifying (or immobilizing in glass) a portion of Hanford’s 56 million gallons of underground tank waste. 

 Over the past year the vit plant's dedicated team worked tirelessly to advance its mission to immobilize Hanford tank waste for disposal. 

The Washington State Department of Ecology said it's seen a lot of significant progress and tremendous achievements in 35 years of cleanup alongside its Tri-Party Agreement partners at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This year will be no different.

HAB members work diligently to understand Hanford issues and to craft advice that captures the essence of their values while honoring each other’s opinions.

Years of dedicated effort led to historic achievements at the Hanford site in 2023, while also laying a firm foundation for another year of cleanup “firsts” in 2024.

The Hanford nuclear site’s only attraction open to visitors is set to close later this fall for two years to get some much-needed preservation repair work. 

The company’s “knowing and fraudulent conduct resulted in the loss of many millions of dollars to the United States, while jeopardizing the safety of Hanford site workers, the public, and the environment by failing to effectively use public dollars to perform critical fire protection work,” prosecutors said.

The effort to build a new women and children’s shelter in the Tri-Cities got a big boost from a memorial fund honoring a Bechtel senior vice president who died earlier this year.

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By Robin Wojtanik
for Hanford Mission Integration Solutions 

Drivers with top-secret clearance recently hauled classified documents cross-country from Hanford to Washington, D.C. 

A tamper-indicating bolt and high-security lock secured their load: carefully packaged records documenting Hanford’s role in the Manhattan Project.

The destination?