Richland, WA — Lightning sparked a fire near the center of the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington over the weekend. Workers were alerted about 10 p.m. Saturday that inbound traffic to ...

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The 586-square-mile Hanford site adjacent to Richland was used from World War II through the Cold War to produce nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program.

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The 580-square-mile Hanford site adjacent to Richland produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program from World War II through the Cold War.

Dennis Faulk, the retired Hanford project manager for EPA in Richland, was 64. He was being remembered Wednesday as a strong advocate of Hanford site cleanup, who made a lasting difference.

The 580-square-mile Hanford site adjacent to Richland produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program from World War II through the Cold War.