The 580-square-mile Hanford site adjacent to Richland produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program from World War II through the Cold War.

Richland, WA. The Department of Energy staff at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington now has had almost 50 people in a staff of about 300 laid off and more cuts may be coming.

The top local leader for the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington has resigned, which follows the resignation of his second in command. Brian Vance has been the Department of Energy Hanford ...

The Hanford guards will vote on a new contract proposal Friday after their employer said they must present a counteroffer it considers reasonable or return to work Thursday, Jan. 2, under the ...

Richland, WA. The Hanford guards will return to work at the Hanford nuclear site 47 days after they were locked out as their contract expired.. On Thursday, the Hanford Guards Union approved a ...

Funding released for Hanford site work after Sen. Murray grilled U.S. energy secretary. Murray warned flat Hanford, WA budgets not adequate for nuclear cleanup. DOE budget plan cuts research funds ...

In the site's early days, plutonium would be sent from Hanford to the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where Manhattan Project scientists would use it in the development of atomic weapons.

(Hanford’s site is nearly 400,000 acres.) If all goes according to plan, the Hecate project, which is expected to be completed in 2030, ...

Tri-City Herald. The Hanford nuclear site contractor operating the lab that analyzes highly radioactive tank waste samples earned 95% of its possible incentive pay for fiscal 2024, up from 74% in ...

Richland, WA. The Department of Energy staff at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington now has had almost 50 people in a staff of about 300 laid off and more cuts may be coming.

The Department of Energy staff at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington now has had almost 50 people in a staff of about 300 laid off and more cuts may be coming. The reduction so far is ...