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2. Work to finally start under disputed $45B contract for ...

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   The Department of Energy has announced the transition to a new $45 billion contract over at least a decade to manage and treat radioactive waste in underground tanks at the Hanford nuclear site.

3. Judge finally rules on $45B WA nuclear site contract ... - AOL

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   The 10-year contract covers work at the Hanford site tank farms, where 56 million gallons of radioactive waste are stored in underground tanks, and operation of the vitrification plant to treat ...

4. Hanford Site - Wikipedia

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   To receive the radioactive wastes from the chemical separations process, there were "tank farms" consisting of 64 single-shell underground waste tanks. [70] The first batch of plutonium was refined in the 221‑T plant from December 26, 1944, to February 2, 1945, and delivered to the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico on February 5, 1945. [71]

5. Feds to extend Hanford contract another 2 years after court ...

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   Washington River Protection Solutions will continue to manage 56 million gallons of radioactive waste held in underground tanks at the Hanford site until as late as September 2025.

6. Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

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   The Hanford Site is currently storing 56 million gallons of radioactive waste in aging underground tanks, legacy waste from plutonium production efforts during World War II and the Cold War. The majority of the waste in the tanks is low-activity waste liquids. [4]

7. Award of 10-year, $45 billion Hanford contract challenged for ...

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   The 10-year contract covers work at the Hanford site tank farms, where 56 million gallons of radioactive waste are stored in underground tanks, and operation of the vitrification plant to treat ...

8. Hanford Engineer Works - Wikipedia

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   The Hanford Engineer Works (HEW) was a nuclear production complex in Benton County, Washington, ... Radioactive wastes were stored in underground tanks.

9. Workers start emptying radioactive waste from massive, leak ...

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   Emptying of another leak-prone underground tank holding radioactive and other hazardous waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation has begun for the first time since August 2021.