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.

Hanford site crews prepare to install equipment in a radioactive waste storage tank to remove radioactive waste. Environmental cleanup is underway at the 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear reservation.

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 ...

Richland, Wash. The Hanford nuclear site’s recent tank farm contractor has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle allegations it overcharged taxpayers by paying employees with federal dollars when ...

DOE refuses to respond about Hanford I’m glad somebody is keeping track (or at least trying to) of what’s going on at the Hanford nuclear site. The Department of Energy has not responded to ...

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.

RICHLAND, Wash. – The Hanford Site has safely disposed of about 2,000 gallons of treated tank waste.