"Hanford site is on the brink of having to lay off subcontractors and restart an entire procurement process on an important project because they are being directed now to hold off on implementing ...

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.

SPOKANE, Wash. — A spokesperson from the Hanford Nuclear Site said on Thursday morning that radioactive waste from the Hanford Nuclear Site will travel through Spokane in 2025. The site ...

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.

RICHLAND, Wash. — Workers at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (ERDF) on the Hanford site have disposed of more than 19 million tons of waste from their cleanup efforts.

Only about 10% of the tank waste is expected to be high-level waste. Hanford site workers filled a waste container with glass for the first time at the vitrification plant for the first time.

The Hanford nuclear site guards were locked out starting at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday as their third contract extension expired on a three-year contract originally good through Nov. 1.

Hanford Mission Integration Solutions provides services across the site and to other contractors and DOE, including security, fire and emergency services, land management, utilities, road services ...

The top local leader for the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington has resigned, which follows the resignation of his second in command. Brian Vance has been the Department of Energy Hanford ...

The Hanford Dialogue is on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at the Red Lion Hotel in Kennewick near Columbia Center on 1101 N. Columbia Center Blvd. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the event runs until 8 p.m.