Hanford to hold virtual meeting on proposed waste processing facility

April 23, 2025, 7:09AMNuclear News

The Department of Energy’s Hanford Field Office and Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) will hold a virtual public meeting on April 30 to learn more about the siting, construction, and operation of a proposed Contact-Handled Waste Processing Treatment and Storage Area at the DOE’s Hanford Site near Richland, Wash.

Ecology is currently considering issuing a dangerous-waste permit for the facility, which would be located at the Central Waste Complex in Hanford’s 200 West Area.

Background: The proposed treatment and storage area would be used in the processing of contact-handled transuranic waste, transuranic mixed waste, and mixed low-level radioactive waste.

Contact-handled transuranic and transuranic mixed waste would be treated and packaged at the facility as needed for shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, while the mixed low-level waste would be processed for on-site disposal at Hanford.

Meeting details: The public meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. (PT) on April 30. Information on participating virtually using Microsoft Teams or by phone (audio only) can be found on the Hanford website calendar.

The DOE’s notice-of-intent application to Ecology to construct the treatment and storage area requires a public meeting to solicit questions and inform the community of the proposed dangerous-waste management activities. There is no public comment period associated with the meeting.


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