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A member of Lockheed Martin's glassification team has run into controversy in the past year -raising questions about whether it will survive the year. New York plant expected to finish close to on time A small waste glassification project in southwestern New York appears on track to finish its two-year glassification run close to on time. Nuclear policy gets new look WASHINGTON - Turning U.S. nuclear policy toward an emerging threat, President Clinton has decided the United States will consider using nuclear weapons against attackers who hit U.S. forces with chemical or biological weapons. Companies want a piece of Hanford project Just about every company with expertise in glassifying wastes has shown up on Hanford's doorstep in the last few years. Ohio work scrutinized by Hanford In 1994, the Department of Energy figured it would cost about $100 million to convert the radioactive waste at Fernald, Ohio into glass. Tennessee test planned this fall A test of a portable waste glassification system is scheduled this fall at Oak Ridge, Tenn. After glass logs, next step uncertain After a pair of private companies start filling canisters with glassified radioactive wastes in 2002, you could look at one of the containers and think: "I'm looking at a $1 million log." 1 plant or 2? Experts disagree on what Hanford needs Pick your argument. For vitrification to work, billions will need to be spent Someday in the early 21st century, the first bill will arrive. Project will be Hanford's biggest and most expensive Sometime in 2002, small radioactive infernos will fire up for the first time in central Hanford. Protesters square off over FFTF A few hundred friends of Hanford's Fast Flux Test Facility rallied Saturday morning in Richland to shout down a protest organized by activists opposing the restart of the experimental nuclear reactor. The plan: DOE's guide to turning waste into glass A complex plan was drafted to guide the Department of Energy and its contractors as they try to turn 54 million gallons of radioactive waste into glass. Cleanup speed frustrates board Hanford got dubbed a "bureaucratic Beirut" Friday. Hanford part of storage scenario Six metric tons of Rocky Flats plutonium could be stored temporarily at Hanford under one of several scenarios the Department of Energy is pondering as it tries to speed up plutonium disposal nationwide. Hanford to keep public informedHanford to keep public informed The state has given a coalition of local governments $100,000 to tackle a series of ways to increase public involvement in Hanford matters in the Mid-Columbia. State lawmakers pushing for FFTF WASHINGTON - Two Washington state lawmakers, Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks and Republican Sen. Slade Gorton, are urging Energy Secretary Frederico Pena to restart Hanford's Fast Flux Test Facility to produce tritium for nuclear weapons and eventually medical isotopes. FFTF supporters, opponents planning rallies in Richland Supporters and opponents of restarting the Fast Flux Test Facility are planning rallies Saturday morning near the Federal Building in Richland. Ground water issue sparks heated Hanford meeting The topic appeared innocuous: Should a slanted sampling hole be drilled underneath some Hanford radioactive waste tanks? Hanford part of worldwide study on radiation-cancer connections The likelihood of former and some current Hanford workers getting cancer or leukemia is being looked at in a 14-nation study. Hanford metal poses health risk for employees Hanford workers could be at risk of contracting a potentially fatal respiratory disease from exposure to beryllium in 43 of the site's buildings, a University of Washington researcher said Wednesday. Environmental study urged for FFTF restart An environmental impact study should be conducted on restarting the Fast Flux Text Facility, a Hanford report recommends. FFTF benefits outlined A boom in demand for medical isotopes could have sales of isotopes paying 60 percent of operating costs at Hanford's Fast Flux Test Facility within 10 years of a restart, according to a new report. Congress to plan next year how to pay for tank wastes Congress will have a better idea next year on ways to set aside money for treating Hanford's tank wastes, said U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt. Approval of irradiated beef opens door for FFTF When the federal Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that irradiation could be used to kill germs on beef, Hanford researchers were pleased. FFTF protest planned Saturday in Richland A rally to protest the possible restarting of the Fast Flux Test Facility is scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday in front of the Federal Building in Richland. |
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