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 whistleblower says layoff was retribution

Sun., Oct. 6, 2013

KENNEWICK – Hanford whistleblower Walter Tamosaitis was laid off last week after 44 years of employment with URS Corp., he said. Three years ago he lost his position as research and technology manager for the $12.2 billion Hanford vitrification plant but continued to be employed at URS.

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Energy secretary to visit Hanford

Wed., June 19, 2013

RICHLAND — New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz was set to make his first visit today to the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site since being confirmed by the Senate last month.

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Plant may lack space for Hanford waste

Sun., June 2, 2013

A national repository may run out of space for the hottest radioactive waste it was designed to store if changes are not made, according to an audit by the Department of Energy Office of Inspector General.

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Energy chief to visit Hanford

Thu., March 29, 2012

Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to visit Hanford in June to hold a town hall and other meetings to discuss safety issues with vitrification plant workers. No date has been set, but the visit is being planned, said Matthew Moury, a Department of Energy deputy assistant secretary, during a presentation to the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. He discussed safety, including nuclear safety culture and technical issues that could affect safe operations of the vitrification plant.

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Hanford tower taken down during cleanup

Sun., Jan. 15, 2012

RICHLAND – A guard tower that stood over the Columbia River at Hanford for half a century came crashing to the ground Wednesday. “It’s really an iconic symbol of Hanford plutonium production,” said Gary Snow, director of deactivation and demolition for Department of Energy contractor Washington Closure Hanford.

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Hanford N Reactor guard tower pulled down

Fri., Jan. 13, 2012

RICHLAND — The historic Hanford guard tower that stood above the Columbia River for a half-century has been pulled to the ground.

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Atomic Man still has lessons to teach after 35 years

Wed., Sept. 14, 2011

Thirty-five years after Hanford’s “Atomic Man” was sprayed with americium in the nuclear reservation’s worst radioactive accident, the case still has lessons for workers at the Department of Energy’s nuclear complex.

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$12 billion may not be enough to finish Hanford plant

Tue., Aug. 30, 2011

The Department of Energy may not be able to complete the Hanford vitrification plant for the projected $12.2 billion, according to an internal DOE document.

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Defense safety board criticizes Hanford project

Tue., June 14, 2011

A lax safety culture that deters timely reporting and resolution of technical concerns is endangering the success of a $12.2 billion plant being built at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site, according to a report by the national Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

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Novel depicts radioactive waste spill at Hanford

Mon., April 11, 2011

The plot: A deadly earthquake rips through the Hanford nuclear reservation, erupting a graveyard of radioactive waste and releasing a flood of doom that threatens thousands of Tri-Citians. A Silicon Valley biotech team and its genetically engineered microbes (GEM) join Hanford scientists to combat the deadly advance of 53 million gallons of radioactive waste, which is seeping into the Tri-Cities’ ground water.

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