RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford site, a decommissioned nuclear production complex that manufactured plutonium for the Manhattan ...
US Energy Dept. and contractor Bechtel National officially start up giant waste processing plant on Oct. 15 to meet consent ...
US. Energy Dept. and contractor Bechtel National officially started up giant waste processing plant on Oct. 15 to meet consent decree deadline, after design and construction investment of more than 20 ...
During its years producing plutonium for nuclear weapons, Hanford dumped effluent directly into the Columbia River and into ineffective containment ponds, polluting the surrounding groundwater and ...
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War SEATTLE -- For much of the 20th century, a sprawling ...