More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as soon ...

Project 2025 on Hanford site. Project 2025, which has served as a blueprint for some policies in the current Trump administration, calls for accelerating the environmental cleanup of DOE sites.

UPDATE: May 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM. HANFORD, Wash. – Two shipments of tank waste from the Hanford Site have been completed, the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) announced Thursday. This marked a ...

Located near the city of Richland, the 586-square mile Hanford Nuclear Site is a former U.S. government site used from 1943-1989 for projects involving nuclear weapons and plutonium.

They oversaw the $3 billion annual federal cleanup work at the 13,000-worker site. Eastern WA nuclear site top manager resigns. No. 2 Hanford leader already is gone ...

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 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 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 ...

Plans to transform Hanford, which was integral to the nation’s nuclear arsenal after World War II, had just begun inching forward when President Trump started his second term.