The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) plans for retrieval and on-site disposal of certain radioactive wastes 2 stored in underground tanks at ...

22 of 149 underground waste tanks have been emptied at a rate of about one a year.

In this chapter the committee provides factual background information in support of its analyses, findings, and recommendations presented in this and subsequent chapters. The Savannah River Site ...

Two options that might speed up removal of radioactive waste from leaking underground storage tanks at Hanford will be evaluated, according to the terms of a settlement agreement reached Wednesday.