Hanford Nuclear Reservation

The southeastern Washington site that helped end WWII. Now one of the most irradiated locations on the planet.

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Hanford contractor eligible for $18.8M in incentives

UPDATED: Tue., April 12, 2016

A Hanford Nuclear Reservation contractor has received $18.8 million in incentive pay from the U.S. Department of Energy for its work last year.

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Nuclear power plant near Richland resumes operations

Thu., March 31, 2016

The state’s only nuclear power plant has resumed generating electricity after suffering an unplanned shutdown on Monday.

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Sen. Murray questions DOE commitment to all Hanford cleanup

Thu., March 10, 2016

The Obama administration’s proposed Hanford budget seems to foreshadow declaring a cleanup victory, leaving critical work unfinished, Sen. Patty Murray said Wednesday.

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Emptying to start on Hanford tank with interior leak

Thu., March 3, 2016

Work to empty Hanford’s oldest double-shell tank is expected to start anytime as a March 4 deadline looms.

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Latest estimate to clean Hanford is $107 billion

Tue., Feb. 23, 2016

The U.S. Department of Energy says the remaining work will cost $107.7 billion and be largely completed by 2060.

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Radiation blown onto highway at Hanford ‘alarming’ to EPA

Mon., Feb. 22, 2016

The Environmental Protection Agency says the uncontrolled spread of small amounts of radioactive waste at Hanford after a Nov. 17 windstorm is alarming.

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Hanford board says proposed cleanup deadline too extreme

Thu., Feb. 18, 2016

The Hanford Advisory board says a proposed change in deadlines to clean up radioactive waste in the reservation is too extreme.

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Recordings of people who built Hanford available to public

Mon., Jan. 5, 2015

KENNEWICK — During World War II, Phil Gardner traveled more than 100,000 miles to recruit workers for the secret project at Hanford, having not the slightest idea what was being built there.

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Nuclear lessons: Hanford tours go to heart of Cold War facility

Sun., Aug. 10, 2014

RICHLAND – At Hanford’s B Reactor, thousands of graphite blocks towered over Ernie Doyle’s head. On a recent public tour, the 57-year-old truck driver from Hillsboro, Oregon, seized the chance to take a close look at the world’s first large-scale nuclear reactor.

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Inslee threatens legal action on Hanford

Tue., April 1, 2014

OLYMPIA – Northwest residents need more than vague plans and missed deadlines for the cleanup of nuclear waste at Hanford, Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday. If the federal government doesn’t come up with a more specific plan or agree to one proposed by the state over the next two months, Washington will go back to court to try to force the U.S. Department of Energy to act.

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