Hanford’s former contractor WRPS settles a $6.5M lawsuit over taxpayer fraud allegations, its second fraud-related settlement for inflating costs.

A new report by the feds says cleanup at the Hanford site will take until 2086, with other work needed until 2100.

Hanford was used to produce plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program during World War II and the Cold War. Environmental cleanup is underway now.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 12, 2018 ” Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) will continue to support the Energy Department ‘s environmental remediation operations along the Columbia River and ...