U.S. Department of Energy

RICHLAND (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy has decided a partially collapsed tunnel containing radioactive waste will be filled with a concrete-like grout. The tunnel is located on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, and contains wastes left over from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons...

SPOKANE (AP) — Workers have placed a protective cover over a partially-collapsed tunnel filled with radioactive waste on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The U.S. Department of Energy said workers finished installing the cover over the weekend at the former plutonium production site near Richland, Washington...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials say a small-scale version of a key component of an eastern Idaho radioactive waste treatment facility that has so far failed to operate will be tested in Colorado. The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday said Engineers at Hazen Research near Denver in January will start testing a smaller replica of the primary reaction vessel that's part of the $600 million

RICHLAND (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy is at risk of missing new court-enforced deadlines for emptying some radioactive waste storage tanks on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The leak-prone tanks contain wastes left over from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons...

SPOKANE  (AP) — Washington state wants a federal judge to issue an injunction requiring the U.S. Department of Energy and its contractor to take steps to protect workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The Tri-City Herald reports that from January through July, Hanford workers reported suspicious smells or symptoms that indicate exposure to chemical vapors...

HANFORD, Wash. (AP) — State regulators have fined the federal government and one of its contractors $50,000 for mishandling hazardous waste at Hanford. The Department of Ecology said Tuesday it issued the penalty to the U.S. Department of Energy and CH2M Hill for violations at Hanford's T Plant...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Department of Energy contractors are scheduled to start removing toxic contaminated soil in northern New Mexico leftover the Manhattan Project and early atomic Cold War research. The Los Alamos Monitor reports work is expected to begin this week on the south-facing slopes of Los Alamos Canyon...

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) — 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...

KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — Workers have started removing nuclear waste from a leaking tank at the Hanford Site just one day before a state of Washington deadline. The Tri-City Herald reports that Hanford workers began pumping waste from the nuclear reservation's oldest double-shell tank Thursday afternoon. ...