hanford nuclear reservation

TRI-CITIES, Wash. (AP) — Two more workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have received medical evaluations for possible vapor exposure at the former nuclear weapons production site. The Tri-City Herald reports that the workers said they had symptoms after smelling suspicious odors near the C Tank Farm on Wednesday...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Department of Energy's Office of Inspector General has started a review of the agency's actions related to chemical vapors on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Investigators met Tuesday with Hanford officials to discuss the scope of the review...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Officials say two more workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have received medical evaluations after they reported smelling vapors at the former nuclear weapons production site. The Tri-Cities Herald reports that Washington River Protection Solutions said Wednesday two workers had reported an odor outside the AY Tank Farm...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Washington Closure Hanford will lay off its remaining 435 workers starting in July as its U.S. Department of Energy contract comes to an end. The contractor notified the state of the pending layoffs Tuesday, as required under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Officials say the number of workers at Hanford Nuclear Reservation evaluated for chemical vapor exposure has climbed to 42, following reports last month that a tank had leaked several thousand gallons of radioactive waste...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP)  Officials say six more Hanford Nuclear Reservation workers have been evaluated for chemical vapor exposure, bringing the total number to 26. The Tri-City Herald reports three people working Monday reported smelling suspicious odors and three others requested medical evaluations because of odors last week...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Officials say 11 workers at a nuclear facility who reported headaches were sent for medical evaluations after working near an area where waste from a leaking tank was being transferred. The Tri-City Herald reports the first two workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation to be medically evaluated Thursday were wearing oxygen respirators because they were in an area where work

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Officials for the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are trying to determine if a second giant tank containing radioactive waste from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons is leaking. Hanford officials said Tuesday that filters inside an aging tank known as AY-101 recently showed radiation at higher than normal background levels...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A Hanford Nuclear Reservation contractor is eligible to receive $18.8 million in incentive pay from the U.S. Department of Energy for its work last year, but the money has not been paid because of a dispute. Mission Support Alliance earned 89 percent of the $21 million in incentive pay possible for the fiscal year that ended September 2015...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge has set new deadlines for cleaning up nuclear waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, after Washington state went to court to prod the U.S. Department of Energy over the flagging efforts. ...