medical evaluations

TRI-CITIES (AP) — Three more workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have reported smelling suspicious odors outside a tank farm. The Tri-City Herald reports that the workers all declined medical evaluations Thursday, a day after another nine workers reported odors and denied medical checks...

TRI-CITIES, Wash. (AP) — Two more Hanford Nuclear Reservation workers have received medical evaluations for possible exposure to chemical vapors after reporting a suspicious odor. The Tri-City Herald reports that both workers had symptoms Wednesday but were evaluated and released to return to work...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington's attorney general and others are asking a federal judge to immediately take steps to protect Hanford Nuclear Reservation workers from exposure to chemical vapors. More than 50 workers have received medical evaluations after reporting exposure to vapors in recent months...

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 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