The world is home to some highly radioactive places that remain dangerously off-limits to humans. From lake dumping grounds in Russia to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, these places pose extreme health ...

Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols continues her series on his life.

The Columbia Generating Station successfully rejoined the Northwest power grid on June 16 at 5:02 p.m. following its biennial ...

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran to accept a nuclear deal to avoid further attacks, hours after Israel bombed the ...

DOE demonstration sends 2,000 gallons of Hanford nuclear site radioactive tank waste out of Washington for ... Touching the container would expose a person to less radiation than a dental ...

Michael Brophy’s exhibit, "Reach: The Hanford Series," is on display at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon.

Trump’s DOGE to end the lease of the worker compensation claims help office for ill Hanford site and ... Compensation can include a $150,000 payment for radiation-caused cancers or lung ...

Trump’s DOGE to end the lease of the worker compensation claims help office for ill Hanford site and ... Compensation can include a $150,000 payment for radiation-caused cancers or lung ...

The Hanford Site is the most polluted area in the US, though cleanup started decades ago. Estimates say it will take decades more and up to $640 billion to finish the job. The site just received ...

Today, Hanford is undergoing a major environmental cleanup. It Happened Here is a weekly history column by Yakima Herald-Republic reporter Donald W. Meyers. Reach him at dmeyers@yakimaherald.com ...