The Department of Energy is ready to begin a three-year construction project critical to the environmental cleanup of the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington. The huge, lined landfill in the ...

Hanford employs about 11,000 people, but not all work on the 580-square-mile site. The center of the site was used to produce plutonium from World War II through the Cold War.

A historic building in Hanford has been sold to Barrelhouse Brewing, the City says. The City Council unanimously approved the ...

For the first time, Hanford radioactive tank waste has been sent off site for treatment and disposal. Whether it could lead to a potentially faster and less-expensive way of handling some of ...

Since the late 1980s, Hanford has been strictly a clean-up site. Authorities are responding to a report of a possible active shooter in the 200 East area, which is near the center of the Hanford Site.

An historic Hanford building that was destroyed by an arson fire in 2012 is now getting a new start. The owners say they've worked tirelessly to have the 121-year-old landmark rebuilt.

This year, the Hanford Youth Baseball program has over 700 players. Ami says it's the largest group she has seen in the last decade. The new building is expected to be used for at least 50 years.

Donna Busche raised concerns about design and safety at Hanford Site was created in 1940s to help build the atomic bomb Cleanup costs are billions a year SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Whistle-blower ...

There were no precise construction blue prints and workers on the top secret project did not know what they were building, but B Reactor was completed and went critical in September 1944.

A creepy old building used for 30 years to research radioactive materials [from 1966 to 1996], has a lot more radioactive waste under it than previously known, according to the U.S. Department of ...

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 ...

President Clinton created the 195,000-acre Hanford Reach National Monument in June 2000 by proclamation. It is the first national monument managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.