DOE’s oversight at Hanford slammed in government report
A new report to Congress raises concerns about a Hanford cornerstone project in the decadeslong efforts to clean up the radioactive and chemical wastes from...
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Read about the Hanford site and the cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, near Richland, Wash., which is engaged in a massive cleanup following decades of plutonium production for nuclear weapons.
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Feds skeptical that massive Hanford plant will open by 2022
RICHLAND — The U.S. Department of Energy has doubts that a massive nuclear-waste treatment plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation can open by a 2022...
42 Hanford workers contaminated with radiation
The final results of worker tests after a December spread of contamination found that 11 Hanford workers had inhaled or ingested radioactive particles from demolition...
Feds demand proof that steel for giant nuclear-waste treatment plant in Washington state is safe
The contractor on the Hanford nuclear reservation project was given 14 days to provide documentation — not because of a specific safety concern but because...
What went wrong at Hanford cleanup, where radioactive contamination spread?
A new report looks at missteps at a Hanford demolition project where radioactive contamination spread 10 miles from the work site.
Watchdogs find radioactive contamination in cars Hanford had declared clean
New test results by an independent laboratory raise questions about the accuracy of monitoring for airborne contamination at Hanford.
Sorry, Hanford: Your radiation leaks aren’t as important as tax cuts | Danny Westneat
The maddening disconnect in politics goes on, as politicians who just two months ago slashed taxes are demanding more money for the increasingly unstable and...
GOP congressman says he’ll fight Trump’s call to cut funds for Hanford nuclear cleanup
Washington Congressman Dan Newhouse said, “Now is not the time to jeopardize worker safety or impede this vital cleanup.” Hanford was the site of a...
Washington state Health Department raises alarm on spread of radioactive particles at Hanford
A state official, citing elevated readings of radiation across the Hanford site, sends a letter of concern to the federal Energy Department.
Washington state monitors found radioactive contamination from troubled Hanford demolition project
The monitoring last year was conducted in the federal nuclear site by the state Department of Health, which notified the federal Energy Department of the...
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