hanford nuclear reservation

RICHLAND  (AP) — Demolition of a major plutonium plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state has resumed. The Tri-City Herald reports that demolition of the Plutonium Finishing Plant's Plutonium Reclamation Facility resumed this week after being halted in late January when a radiation alarm sounded...

SPOKANE  (AP) — All four senators from Washington and Oregon voted against Rick Perry to become energy secretary, saying they were worried about his commitment to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. But the former Texas governor was easily approved by the full Senate Thursday to join the cabinet of President Donald Trump...

RICHLAND (AP) — A federal judge has again pushed back the trial date for a lawsuit over employee concerns about exposure to chemical vapors at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. KNDU-TV reported Monday that the trial has been rescheduled for March 2018...

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...

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...

SPOKANE (AP) — A Hanford Nuclear Reservation contractor has agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle a time card fraud case with the federal government. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane on Thursday announced the settlement with Washington River Protection Solutions LLC...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The entire congressional delegation from Washington is asking President-elect Donald Trump to make environmental cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation a priority. Hanford for years made plutonium for nuclear weapons, and now is engaged in a multi-decade cleanup of the resulting waste at a cost of some $2 billion per year...

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 (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...

TRI-CITIES (AP) — A nonjury trial for a lawsuit filed by the state of Washington and other parties over increased protections for workers on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has been postponed. The Tri-City Herald reports a federal judge has reset the case for Oct...