Hanford Site's Nuclear Waste Program Gets Green Light for October Start

Treatment of radioactive waste at Hanford will begin on time, feds confirm

The federal government will begin turning some of its worst radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation into glass by an Oct. 15 legal deadline.

Update: $30B nuclear waste plant can ‘finally’ start. WA leaders react

The Department of Energy on Wednesday signed the paperwork needed to allow radioactive waste to be pumped into the Hanford nuclear site’s vitrification plant 23 years after construction began, said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.

Hanford site's nuclear waste program gets green light for October start

HANFORD, Wash. – The Department of Energy has officially approved the opening of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (or DFLAW) program at the Hanford Vitrification Plant, set to begin on October 15, 2025.

WA treatment plant gets go-ahead to process radioactive waste

After what Sen. Patty Murray called "unacceptable delays," the federal Department of Energy gave the vitrification plant its OK to process waste.

DOE greenlights Hanford nuclear waste cleanup project

DOE formally approved the continuation of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program (DFLAW) at the Hanford vitrification plant