radioactive isotopes

Nov. 30: Turning Hanford radioactive waste into glass focus of DOE presentation

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A federal project director from the U.S. Department of Energy will discuss how the Hanford waste treatment plant will immobilize radioactive waste by turning it into glass as part of a continuing lecture series from 3-4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Washington State University Tri-Cities East […]

DOE funds radioactive isotope study

PULLMAN – Chemist Nathalie Wall of Washington State University and a colleague at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been awarded more than $600,000 from the Department of Energy for a study of how a radioactive isotope moves in soil and water. Information from the study will help scientists understand and predict radioactive particle migration on […]