The top local leader for the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington has resigned ... work on the massive Hanford vitrification plant has progressed to startup of its melters that will turn ...

The Hanford site, adjacent to Richland in Eastern Washington, produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium from World War II through the Cold War for the nation’s nuclear weapons program.

For now, though, most of it is stored in underground steel tanks, primarily at Hanford, Washington ... The vast majority of ...

The Hanford nuclear site ... II through the Cold War at the nuclear reservation for the nation’s nuclear weapons program. No waste is currently onsite at the plant. The Benton County Coroner ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering arguments about temporary storage sites for the country's 90,000 tons of nuclear waste.

Yakima U.S. Courthouse The money was intended to retain and maintain payroll for Hanford site workers assigned to the nuclear reservation in Eastern Washington and also a few Department of ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Columbia Riverkeeper wants to hear from people living in Spokane about their hopes for the Hanford cleanup. On April 10, Columbia Riverkeeper and Hanford Challenge will ...

Washington Senator Patty Murray spoke out on Friday after “mass firings” from the Hanford site and the Bonneville Power Administration amid efforts by the Trump administration to purge the ...

For now, though, most of it is stored in underground steel tanks, primarily at Hanford ... of nuclear waste in the U.S. is spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants.