Hanford could improve recordkeeping on dosimetry, or radiation exposure, at the nuclear reservation site, says a DOE Office of Inspector General (IG) report. It could effect payments to workers.

The U.S. Department of Energy has agreed to settle claims brought by 139 people with thyroid disease who believe radiation releases from the Hanford nuclear reservation caused their illnesses.

The U.S. Department of Energy has agreed to settle claims brought by 139 people with thyroid disease who believe radiation releases from the Hanford nuclear reservation caused their illnesses.

But officials say no radiation was released and no workers were hurt. Hundreds of workers were told to take cover at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation after a tunnel full of highly contaminated ...

About 350 people at Hanford were ordered to take cover indoors as a precaution after a monitor detected low levels of airborne radioactive contamination on Thursday.

Work at one of Hanford's tank farms was halted Wednesday night after radiation was detected during the transfer of nuclear sludge. The alarm was issued shortly after 9:35 p.m. at the C Farm, a ...

A $27 million government study to estimate radiation doses received by the public from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation’s weapons factories is being called into question by other scientific ...

SPOKANE -- A landmark study that estimated radiation doses to the public from emissions from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was conducted in part to defend the federal government from lawsuits, a ...

The waste in the Hanford tanks is made up of highly radioactive cesium, strontium and various other toxic chemicals left over from the World War II bomb works.

KENNEWICK — A new study of Hanford and other nuclear-defense-site workers found exposure to low levels of radiation slightly increased the risk that workers would die of leukemia. The study was ...

Hanford could improve recordkeeping on dosimetry, or radiation exposure, at the nuclear reservation site, says a DOE Office of Inspector General (IG) report. It could effect payments to workers.