hanford nuclear reservation

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...

RICHLAND (AP) — Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation who questioned some unusual radiation readings are being credited with discovering the partial collapse of a waste storage tunnel last week. That's according to Doug Shoop, manager of the Department of Energy's Richland Operations Office...

RICHLAND (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry says a hole that developed in the top of a nuclear waste storage tunnel in Washington state has been filled. Perry announced Thursday morning that the 400-square foot (37 square meter) hole was filled swiftly and safely...

RICHLAND  (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry says his agency will conduct a study to determine what led to the collapse of a tunnel at Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state. Perry said Wednesday that the tunnel obviously deteriorated and the question that needs to be answered now is why that was allowed to happen...

RICHLAND (AP) — The collapse of an underground tunnel containing radioactive waste that forced workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation to shelter in place is the latest incident to raise safety concerns at the sprawling site that made plutonium for nuclear bombs for decades after World War II...

RICHLAND (AP) — A new report says Congress should consider authorizing the Department of Energy to use grout to stabilize some of Hanford's radioactive waste, rather than a more expensive plan to turn it into glass. The Government Accountability Office report was released Wednesday...

RICHLAND (AP) — Supporters of the Hanford Reach National Monument are concerned about President Donald Trump's expected review of such natural landmarks. Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday that would direct the Department of Interior to review all national monuments created for the past 21 years...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have finished demolishing a facility that was the site of a famous nuclear accident during the Cold War. The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that the building containing the so-called McCluskey Room had been demolished...

RICHLAND (AP) — An employee at the Hanford nuclear reservation stopped some work at the radioactive waste tank farms Monday afternoon over beryllium controls. The Tri-City Herald reports work resumed Tuesday after managers met with the employee to discuss concerns...

RICHLAND  (AP) — Contractors at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state say they're preparing to slash up to 300 jobs by this fall. The Tri-City Herald reports that CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co., told employees Wednesday that 250 jobs would be cut as some major work is completed...