HANFORD, WA. - The U.S. Department of Energy is holding a 60-day public comment period and meeting on a proposed Class 2 ...

A 60-day comment period runs from Jan. 13 through March 14, 2025. The hybrid public meeting will be held Wednesday, January ...

This is the Hanford Site, the most contaminated nuclear location in America, and the site responsible for the plutonium in ...

The Hanford Site has taken another step towards processing radioactive liquid tank waste in glass for safe disposal.

The US Department of Energy (DOE), Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), and US Environmental Protection Agency ...

After about four years of talks and 185 public comments, two federal agencies and Washington state have blessed an amended 15-year plan for treating ...

The Hanford nuclear site contractor responsible for radioactive waste tanks for more than 16 years has lost $10.2 million in ...

Environmental cleanup is underway at the 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear reservation. The underground radioactive waste storage tanks and the vitrification plant are in the center of the site.

The Hanford guards will vote on a new contract proposal Friday after their employer said they must present a counteroffer it considers reasonable or return to work Thursday, Jan. 2, under the ...

Workers at the Hanford nuclear site were ordered to take cover on Friday after a large holding tank with ammonia vapor was discovered to be leaking near the vitrification plant in the 200 East Area.

CORRY — Corry's wastewater treatment plant has been discharging more wastewater and pollutants into a local creek than is permitted by the Clean Water Act. The city will need to build a new ...