The first melter at the vitrification plant at the Hanford nuclear reservation site in E. Washington has been heated to 2,100 degrees.

There’s no turning back at the Hanford site’s vitrification plant after the heat up of the world’s largest melter for radioactive waste started Saturday, 20 years after construction of the ...

The first melter heat up was stopped before temperatures reached 300 degrees when a problem was discovered with the power supply to its startup heaters. Work was halted for about eight months for ...

When the melters at Hanford in Eastern Washington start treating radioactive waste in 2025, they will be the largest in the world doing that work.