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

She was a former Richland council member and a nuclear engineer at a time when few women had that career at Hanford.

Wanda Munn was a trailblazer for women doing technical work in the Tri-Cities, an outspoken advocate for the peaceful use of ...

The massive bill is guided by spending requests from the White House. It will extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, while cutting ...

Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different ...

The Department of Energy manager who oversaw the environmental cleanup done by 13,000 workers at the Hanford nuclear site has been hired by Framatome as the site leader at its Richland nuclear fuel ...

The Trump administration has proposed closing either the LIGO Hanford observatory in WA or its twin in Louisiana.

The first breeder reactor, went online almost 75 years ago. But today, only two remain active across the globe. Our question ...

The story of Trinity Site begins with the formation of the Manhattan Project in June of 1942. The project was given overall ...

Democratic Assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains announced she is running to unseat Rep. David Valadao (R-Hanford) in 2026. The ...

Astronomers have detected the signal of a colossal black hole in deep space that likely formed when two already-large black ...