A dry pile of the weeds can burn 6 to 10 feet tall. And burning tumbleweeds at the Hanford nuclear cleanup site — with sensitive areas like near world-renowned laboratories that look for black ...

The Hanford Site is the most polluted area in the US, though cleanup started decades ago. Estimates say it will take decades more and up to $640 billion to finish the job. The site just received ...

Click to see the slideshow The nuclear reservation's beauty masks a deadly desert of radioactive waste, decrepit structures and fouled earth Booking a tour • Hanford tours are free and can be ...

The last of nine nuclear reactor fuel basins on the Hanford Site was stabilized early last ... s size of plutonium out of an elephant -sized pile of uranium,” Burghart said.

This is the Hanford site. During World War II, American scientists planned to use piles of graphite and uranium to mass-produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. They needed a remote site with access ...

Donna Busche raised concerns about design and safety at Hanford Site was created in 1940s to help build the atomic bomb Cleanup costs are billions a year SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Whistle-blower ...

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 ...

That stands to reason, considering the complicated history of the 580-square-mile Hanford site. The Hanford Reach is a 51-mile section of the Columbia River, on the northeastern border of the area.

SPOKANE, Wash. — A spokesperson from the Hanford Nuclear Site said on Thursday morning that radioactive waste from the Hanford Nuclear Site will travel through Spokane in 2025. The site ...