hanford

Companies are interested, but it could be complicated to develop lands with multiple layers of tribal, federal and even complex-science concerns

A creepy old building used for 30 years to research radioactive materials [from 1966 to 1996], has a lot more radioactive waste under it than previously known, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

A massive melter that’s intended to help treat radioactive waste at Hanford has just been flipped on for a test – for the second time. The Hanford site [in southeast Washington state] stores about 56-million-gallons of radioactive goo waste in aging underground tanks, not far from the Columbia River. It’s the leftovers from making plutonium during WWII and the Cold War.

Long before the U.S. government made plutonium for bombs at the Hanford Site in southeast Washington [state], the land belonged to native peoples. For the Yakama Nation, the area was vital for hunting and fishing. Tribal leaders want young people to know about their legacy, and the fight that lies ahead.

Northwest officials are preparing in case a radiological event should occur anywhere in the world because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A Richland, Washington, high schooler has been hard at work on his side-gig – directing a feature film about the Hanford radioactive cleanup site. The hour-long film is set to debut on Amazon Prime March 2nd and VIMEO on March 3rd.

As President Donald Trump prepared to leave office, his Department of Energy was celebrating that a new analytical lab was “ready to operate” at the…

At the Hanford site in southeastern Washington, along the Columbia River, stew millions of gallons of radioactive sludge cradled in aging underground…

Walking into the vast B Reactor chamber at the Hanford Site, Tri-Cities musician Denin Koch felt the pull of history and innovation.“It’s like the feeling…

A new watchdog report says the federal government hasn’t done enough to prevent structural failures at the Hanford Nuclear Site’s aging facilities. The…