The testing process, called “hot commissioning,” will introduce radioactive waste to the plant for the first time and verify ...

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 ...

Environmental cleanup is underway at the 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear reservation. The underground radioactive waste storage tanks and the vitrification plant are in the center of the site.

The Hanford site adjacent to Richland was left contaminated by the production of nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation's nuclear weapons program from World War II through the Cold War.

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

News Washington Hanford nuclear site was on the brink of layoffs. Then this happened in D.C. May 27, 2025 Updated Tue., May 27, 2025 at 8:05 p.m. Workers at the Hanford site clean up radioactive ...

Framatome in Richland WA hires Brian Vance, ex-Hanford nuclear site DOE leader, to oversee its fuel plant as it plans a $375M expansion and workforce growth.

The Hanford site in Washington State made plutonium for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, according to the Associated Press. It is about half the size of Rhode Island, according to the AP.

By Tri-City Herald staff May 13, 2025 5:00 AM Richland, WA A company with Hanford nuclear site contracts is giving back to Richland with a donation of $12,500 to Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels.