Workers at the Hanford Site are cleaning up radioactive and hazardous chemical waste left from the past production of plutonium. Work is overseen by federal employees in Richland, some of whom ...

More than a dozen Department of Energy workers were fired this month at a Central Washington nuclear cleanup site, with at least 30 more federal workers taking buyouts, the latest in President Donald ...

Traffic crowds Highway 240 nearly every morning outside the Hanford Site’s sprawling, sage-studded industrial complex. This site churned out plutonium for nuclear weapons during World War II and ...

Traffic crowds Highway 240 nearly every morning outside the Hanford Site’s sprawling, sage-studded industrial complex. This site churned out plutonium for nuclear weapons during WWII and the ...

More than 35 years after a Tri-Party Agreement was forged to promote cleanup at Eastern Washington’s Hanford site, the people of our state are still waiting for meaningful action. Chris Wright ...

The Hanford nuclear site contractor operating the lab that analyzes highly radioactive tank waste samples earned 95% of its possible incentive pay for fiscal 2024, up from 74% in the previous ...

The Hanford nuclear site contractor responsible for radioactive waste tanks for more than 16 years has lost $10.2 million in potential pay after claims that workers were too often idle because ...

Layoffs at the Hanford site near Richland included safety engineers, environmental scientists and employees who protect workers’ rights, said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, in a news release ...