The Trump administration has proposed closing either the LIGO Hanford observatory in WA or its twin in Louisiana.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

For nearly 40 years, Hanford's own experts have been raising red flags about the tunnel that collapsed on May 9. Documents obtained by the KING 5 Investigators show that advice went unheeded.

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.

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 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.

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 ...

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.