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A federal watchdog agency said Wednesday that it's hard to prove that Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant is safe. A plant that will treat some of the…

The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a federal investigation into a demolition site at the Hanford nuclear reservation where radioactive waste from…

At the Hanford Site in southeast Washington state, a powerful group of citizens who keep watch on the nuclear reservation hasn’t met in months. Northwest…

The U.S. Department of Energy issued an emergency alert Tuesday morning at the Hanford site north of Richland, Washington, after a tunnel at a radioactive…

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said workers at Hanford tank farms who say radioactive waste is making them sick need to be heard.In June, Moniz…

The U.S. Department of Energy faces a $115,000 fine for the way a contractor handled asbestos at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast…

Washington officials say they’re disappointed but not surprised by news that the federal government likely will miss several more cleanup deadlines at the…