Workers started preparing to clean up a highly radioactive spill beneath the Hanford site 324 Building near Richland and the Columbia River in 2017. (Courtesy Department of Energy) More than a ...

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 ...

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

An adequate federal workforce is essential for oversight of the work executed by nearly 12,000 contractor workers at the Hanford site. These layoffs will hurt companies, workers, and their ...

Washington Senator Patty Murray spoke out on Friday after “mass firings” from the Hanford site and the Bonneville Power Administration amid efforts by the Trump administration to purge the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Washington Senator Patty Murray spoke out on Friday after “mass firings” from the Hanford site and the Bonneville Power Administration amid efforts by the Trump ...

Former Hanford DOE workers who have been promoted to work for DOE Headquarters, providing their on-the-ground knowledge of the nation’s largest nuclear cleanup site, face additional pressure.

The adjoining building, 52 Vernon St., did have “some structural damage,” McEachern said. As of early Sunday evening, crews were still on the site evaluating damage and Vernon Street remained ...