Hanford Site

Murray said at a news conference Tuesday she’s concerned about the Trump administration’s dismissal of about 12 U.S. Department of Energy staffers and what effect that will have on safety at the site.

A conservative policy roadmap — and past actions from the new president's first term — could offer clues as to what he might have in store for one of the most radioactive places in the world.

Troy Watlamet, the new safety officer, will help guard the vast cleanup site in southeast Washington. The new position will work in concert with Hanford Patrol.

Amazon's push for small modular nuclear reactors is just the latest development in decadeslong fight over nuclear energy.

Hanford Guards Union Local 21 criticized the poor care of K-9s, saying they return to their handlers covered in feces and show behavioral changes after being kenneled​.

The Heritage Foundation’s blueprint proposes reclassifying radioactive waste as something less dangerous so it can be disposed of more cheaply.

Firefighters at the Hanford site in southeast Washington burned 30,000 cubic feet of tumbleweeds in just one spot earlier this year. But in other parts of the country, people are paying to have tumbleweeds shipped to their doorstep — thanks to home decor company Bloomist.

The Hanford site produced more than 70 tons of plutonium from World War II through the Cold War. When that production ended… it left a big mess to clean up. Now, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Washington Department of Ecology and the Environmental Protection Agency are hosting a meeting on Dec. 5 to inform and take questions from the public about work out at the site.

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.