Tank B-109 is but one of about 177 tanks at Hanford, 149 of which have a single shell. Historically – single shell tanks were used for storing radioactive liquid waste and designed to last 20 years.

Linking the waste storage tanks to the vit plant was one of the final steps to ready the plant for turning radioactive waste into a stable glass form for disposal. The Hanford nuclear site was ...

Underground Tank B-109, which is leaking radioactive waste at the Hanford site, is near a groundwater treatment system that pumps up contaminated groundwater and returns cleaned water to the ground.

Download PDF The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued on October 5th a report addressing underground storage tank (“UST”) inspections ...

An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid into the ground, the U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday. It ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid into the ground, the U. S. Department of ...

Linking the waste storage tanks to the vit plant was one of the final steps to ready the plant for turning radioactive waste into a stable glass form for disposal. The Hanford nuclear site was ...

Among other waste left from that work are 56 million gallons of radioactive waste held in underground tanks, the oldest of the tanks prone to leaking.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid into the ground, the U.S. Department of ...