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RICHLAND (AP) — Workers at the Hanford Burial Ground were ordered to take cover when a drum possibly containing radioactive waste began smoking. The Tri-City Herald reports the order was issued Wednesday morning, affecting about 130 workers and lasting about 90 minutes...

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...

As firefighters in Central Washington continue the battle on the ground against the Range 12 Fire, many are also fighting the fire from the air and monitoring the situation. That's the case for Sgt. Cameron M. Jackson, a flight medic for the U...

TRI-CITIES (AP) — Buddhist monks are set to lead an annual prayer walk to the Hanford nuclear reservation as part of an effort to bring an end to nuclear weapons. The Tri-City Herald reports that the monks will head to the southern gate of the nuclear site Thursday. The...

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...

KENNEWICK (AP) — Workers have removed about 129 tons of concentrated chromium from the soil along the Columbia River near the Tri-Cities. The Tri-City Herald reports that sodium dichromate was added to water that cooled Hanford nuclear reactors...

An emergency siren will be tested on the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site on Thursday, July 18, 2013.