radioactive contamination

TRI-CITIES (AP) — The demolition of a major plutonium plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state has been put on pause after radioactive contamination spread outside the facility. The Tri-City Herald reports that a radiation monitor alarm sounded Friday while crews were working to contain radioactive contamination on a waste pile...

RICHLAND (AP) — Radioactive contamination is spreading inside a deteriorating processing plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The Tri-City Herald reports the facility is known as REDOX and hasn't been used since the 1960s. A new report recommends that $181 million be spent on interim cleanup and maintenance of the plant...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — An employee at the Hanford Fire Station has tested positive for a very low level of internal radioactive contamination after handling breathing equipment used at the nuclear reservation's Plutonium Finishing Plant. ...