Some 23 years after construction began on the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant in Eastern Washington, the Low Activity Waste Facility is expected to begin vitrifying radioactive waste this summer.

Other additional projects that will require funding include preparing to package and ship transuranic waste to the national Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. Hanford’s transuranic waste ...

KENNEWICK – The Department of Energy has picked Brian Harkins as the acting manager of the Hanford site in Eastern ... treatment at the vitrification plant after construction on it began 23 ...

The 65-acre Hanford vitrification plant in Eastern Washington state is shown from the air. Bechtel National Wright pointed out that the Trump administration’s proposed budget for fiscal 2026 ...

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- A man was arrested after an accidental shooting left a three-year-old girl seriously injured at a home in Hanford on Saturday morning. The shooting happened just after 6 ...

A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot inside a home in Hanford, according to police. Hanford police on Monday described the shooting as “accidental” and said the gun ...

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- 45-year-old Scott Scilagyi is behind bars after allegedly taking his mother's life, 74-year-old Donna Scilagyi, right before Mother's Day weekend. Deputies from the Kings ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A highly toxic plant, that can be deadly if ingested, is spreading fast across the Volunteer State. Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is about to flower in Tennessee ...

On May 13, the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in Louisiana announced that it would be suspending all production indefinitely after severe financial losses. Denka, a rubber manufacturer from ...

You've heard of Pink Floyd, but what about "Stink Floyd"? Well, the unique and smelly corpse plant is set to bloom at Reiman Gardens in Ames in mid-May. Here's what to know about the plant and how you ...

It seems pretty simple to plant a tree. Dig a hole. Drop in a tree. Fill the hole. Add water. Go back inside and have a beer. What could go wrong? Yet year after year, we see trees planted ...