DOE to begin $95M expansion of Hanford nuclear site landfill for radioactive waste disposal, allowing continued environmental cleanup through 2040.

An Oregon-based nonprofit filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Energy, claiming the department is not being transparent with potential plans to develop the Hanford site in Washin… ...

DOE to begin $95M expansion of Hanford nuclear site landfill for radioactive waste disposal, allowing continued environmental cleanup through 2040.

DOE ready to start construction of $95M project at Hanford nuclear site It will allow the continued disposal of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste. Funding was triggered by congressional ...

The Hanford nuclear site was used from World War II through the Cold War to produce almost two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program.

The Department of Energy is ready to begin a three-year construction project critical to the environmental cleanup of the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington. The huge, lined landfill in ...

RICHLAND – The Department of Energy is ready to begin a three-year construction project critical to the environmental cleanup of the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington. The huge, lined ...

Columbia Riverkeeper explained that the 586-square mile Hanford Site is a legacy of World War II and the Cold War, noting that in 1943, the federal government selected the site for the Manhattan ...

Erik Olds to lead environmental cleanup at Oak Ridge after serving as acting manager since March. He brings over 30 years of DOE experience.

Federal employees at the Hanford nuclear site are not the only ones being laid off recently. A Department of Energy contractor, Navarro-ATL, laid off 15 of about 400 employees last week.

Iva "Babe" Mather, 83, passed away Oct. 28, 2024, in Chewelah, Washington. Babe was born in Kalispell on May 12, 1941. She spent the majority of her life living in Montana, as well as California ...