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Up to $590 billion still needed to clean up toxic nuclear site near Columbia River in WA
A new report by the feds says cleanup at the Hanford site will take until 2086, with other work needed until 2100.
How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?
The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to ...
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How Dangerous Nuclear Waste Is Stored in the U.S.
The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste in the U.S. will continue, probably for many ...
Why 2,000 workers were just hired at NW’s only nuclear power reactor
Energy Northwest has hired on 2,000 additional skilled workers, including both Tri-Cities area residents and specialists who ...
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Eastern WA nuclear site top manager resigns. No. 2 Hanford leader already is gone
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 ...
‘Global race for AI dominance’ could start at Eastern WA nuclear site
The Department of Energy wants to hear from developers interested in building data centers and artificial intelligence ...
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How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?
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.