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• Groups: Hanford study underpredicted levels

  October 9, 2011 in City on Page B1 A $27 million government study to estimate radiation doses received by the public from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation’s weapons factories is being called into question by other scientific organizations and … 4

• Hanford nuclear plant shut down for refueling

  May 4, 2011 on Page A6 RICHLAND – Workers at the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant are nearly midway through the longest refueling outage in the 26-year history of the plant, which has come under …

• Deputies say deaths may be suicides

  December 15, 2010 in City on Page A6 The Chattaroy couple found dead in a trailer home Friday tried to commit suicide in mid-October by overdosing on medication, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan said. The … 1

• Heavy security part of Hanford plant’s past

  November 28, 2010 in City on Page B2 HANFORD, Wash. – The Plutonium Finishing Plant at Hanford has lost much of its sinister look. Metal detectors, razor wire, guns and dogs have become part of its past.

• Workers find more radioactivity at Hanford site

  November 17, 2010 in Region Workers cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site have discovered an area of soil so radioactive it exceeds lethal limits tenfold, the U.S. Department of Energy announced today with … 2

• Court approves new Hanford cleanup schedule

  October 26, 2010 in Region The U.S. District Court in Spokane has approved a new schedule that delays the cleanup of radioactive waste from the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site by about 20 years.

• Energy Department wants to remove Hanford reactor

  October 19, 2010 in Region A key Department of Energy report is recommending that the K East Reactor be torn down rather than put into long-term storage like most of Hanford’s other reactors.

• DOE: Hanford safety culture needs improvement

  October 7, 2010 in Region Most workers believe the safety culture at the U.S. Department of Energy’s most expensive and most complex nuclear waste treatment plant is strong, but some worry they will face retaliation … 7

• DOE endorses Hanford B Reactor for national park

  May 21, 2010 in Region Hanford’s historic B Reactor should be included in any Manhattan Project National Historical Park, along with key Department of Energy property in Tennessee and New Mexico, DOE has told the … 5

• Outside view: For Hanford to improve, Yucca must be an option

  May 13, 2010 in Opinion on Page A13 This commentary from the May 9 Tri-City Herald is presented in place of the customary Spokesman-Review editorial. They aren’t exactly breaking new ground. A coalition of Northwest environmental groups recently … 1

• Two Tri-Cities companies get $7 million Hanford building contract

  May 9, 2010 in Business on Page E4 A team of two Tri-Cities businesses has won a subcontract worth nearly $7 million to design and build support buildings for Hanford’s huge landfill for low-level radioactive waste. Fowler General …

• Wash. congressmen discuss nuclear fuel storage

  May 7, 2010 in Business, Region U.S. Reps. Doc Hastings and Jay Inslee say they will fight to keep the federal government from abandoning a proposed nuclear waste repository in Nevada. 1

• Hanford deadlines changing

  April 23, 2010 in City on Page A7 TRI-CITIES, Wash. – The Department of Energy and its regulators have agreed to new legally binding environmental cleanup deadlines for radioactive waste that has been temporarily buried at central Hanford …

• New Hanford radiation cleanup deadlines proposed

  April 22, 2010 in City The Department of Energy and its regulators have agreed to new legally binding environmental cleanup deadlines for radioactive waste that has been temporarily buried at central Hanford since 1970.

• Washington sues to keep Yucca alive

  April 14, 2010 in City on Page A6 YAKIMA – Washington state filed suit Tuesday to stop the federal government from permanently abandoning the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, marking the latest clash in a long-standing dispute over … 1

• Wash. sues to stop feds from abandoning Yucca

  April 13, 2010 in Nation/World, Region Washington state has filed suit to stop the federal government from permanently abandoning the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, marking the latest clash in a long-standing dispute over where the … 1

• 2 charged in Hanford wire fraud

  March 31, 2010 in Business A former Hanford manager and his wife are facing criminal charges for allegedly using a company credit card to spend $487,000 on personal items.

• Hanford waste stranded by Yucca Mountain decision

  March 29, 2010 in City The tanks are still there, 177 in all, packed with 53 million gallons of radioactive waste. One million gallons have leached into the desert soil. 14

• Hanford’s risks are large

  February 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Even after billions of dollars are spent cleaning up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, radioactive waste could threaten the Columbia River for thousands of years to come. A government analysis shows …

• In brief: Energy Department to discuss Hanford

  February 23, 2010 in City on Page A6 The cleanup of underground storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation will be the topic of a public meeting from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. tonight at the Red Lion …

• Swarm of small quakes in past year under Hanford

  February 1, 2010 in Region In the past year about 2,000 small quakes have rattled an area under the Hanford nuclear reservation. 1

• More ex-Hanford workers may be eligible for money

  December 16, 2009 in Region More former workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation may be eligible for compensation for developing cancer due to radiation exposure.

• Excavators unearthing a bottled-up history

  October 23, 2009 in City on Page A8 RICHLAND – A glass beer bottle with a faded label that says “brewed in Walla Walla.” Two children’s marbles. A 1938 Buick Roadmaster hubcap. Heavy white ceramic shaving mugs. And …

• GAO suggests leaving more waste in Hanford tanks

  October 2, 2009 in Region The Government Accountability Office says the Energy Department should consider leaving more waste in underground tanks at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

• Editorial: Abandoning waste site undoes years of planning

  September 10, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 In 1987 – a full 42 years after the onset of the Manhattan Project – Congress settled on Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the permanent repository for more than 14,000 … 1

• Hanford landfill may tell of history

  September 1, 2009 in City on Page A7 RICHLAND – Fifty-thousand people produce a lot of trash. Who knew their dumpsite could be listed on the National Register of Historic Places? A dusty, rural stretch of southeast Washington …

• Okanogan fire destroys home, prompts evacuation

  August 22, 2009 in News, Region Wildfires near Okanogan in north central Washington have destroyed one home and are threatening 50 others, prompting a mandatory evacuation of the area.

• Editorial: Hanford assurances too familiar to taxpayers

  August 20, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 Residents of the Pacific Northwest can be forgiven if they don’t share the confidence and enthusiasm that a lineup of state and federal officials showed last week when they announced … 1

• Feds inspecting Hanford nuclear power plant

  August 17, 2009 in Region The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting a special inspection of the power plant at the Hanford nuclear reservation because of the electrical fire that shut it down.

• New agreement reached on Hanford cleanup deadlines

  August 11, 2009 in Region RICHLAND — Washington state and federal officials have agreed on new cleanup deadlines for the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site.

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