Hanford Officials Prepare For Worst With Leaking Tank
RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are readying pumping equipment at a slow-leaking radioactive waste tank in case the leak gets worse. A newly released report details why the...
View ArticleNew Federal Plan On Hanford Tank Farms Coming Soon
RICHLAND, Wash. – The federal government plans to release a major document early next week that could guide a couple of decades worth of cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. This is important...
View ArticleRecent Reports Spur Controversy Over Hanford's Waste Treatment Plant
RICHLAND, Wash. – News out of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation can sometimes sound like just one critical report after another. In fact, last week a federal watchdog agency said Hanford’s massive...
View ArticleSen. Wyden: Hanford Will Be Priority For Next Energy Secretary
RICHLAND, Wash. – Problems at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation will be a key issue in the confirmation hearings for the next Secretary of Energy. That’s what Oregon Senator Ron Wyden said after he...
View ArticleHanford Cleanup Would Likely Fall Behind With 'Sequester'
RICHLAND, Wash. – Major portions of the cleanup work at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation could stall if budget cuts known as the sequester start in March. The impasse comes just as two tanks at the...
View ArticleFresh Litigation Over Hanford A 'Definite Possibility' Says Washington AG
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The latest Hanford waste leak will be on the agenda as Washington Governor Jay Inslee meets Friday with US Energy Secretary Stephen Chu. Meanwhile, Washington’s Attorney General says...
View ArticleEnergy Secretary Nominee No Stranger To Hanford Tank Leaks
RICHLAND, Wash. – President Obama’s nominee for the next federal Energy Secretary is no stranger to the cleanup work at the Northwest’s Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Ernest Moniz was Energy...
View ArticleSequester To Result In 4,800 Hanford Layoffs, Furloughs
RICHLAND, Wash. – As many as 4,800 workers could be furloughed or laid off at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington. It’s the result of the federal spending cuts known as the...
View ArticleSong About Hanford Furloughs Picks Up Viewers On YouTube
RICHLAND, Wash. -- Jason Strickling and his wife Lana of Pasco, Wash. are planning some extra time with the kids this summer. That’s because she works for a Hanford Nuclear Reservation contractor in...
View ArticleHanford Waste Plan Under Debate In New Mexico
CARLSBAD, N.M. - Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a plan to send some nuclear waste from leaky storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation to southern New Mexico. The proposed...
View ArticleWyden To Question Energy Nominee Moniz On Hanford
President Obama’s pick for energy secretary can expect a lot of questions about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation at a confirmation hearing Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden chairs the...
View ArticleEnergy Secretary Nominee Fields Questions On Hanford
President Obama’s nominee for U.S. Energy Secretary says he’ll visit the Hanford Nuclear Reservation soon if he’s confirmed.
View ArticleNew Energy Secretary: Nuclear Waste Cleanup Among Top Priorities
The Obama administration’s new secretary of energy says his top priorities are responding to climate change, safely managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile and fostering scientific research. Ernest...
View ArticleWashington State Officials 'Extremely Disappointed' Over Key Hanford Deadlines
Washington Governor Jay Inslee and the state attorney general say they’re quote ‘extremely disappointed’ that the U.S. Department of Energy may miss several key deadlines for cleanup at the Hanford...
View ArticleFueling Up For 84 Cents Per 'eGallon'
Imagine paying less than a dollar per gallon for your commute, compared to today's statewide averages of $3.84 in Oregon and Washington and $3.80 in Idaho for a gallon of gas. Eighty-four cents in...
View ArticleNew U.S. Energy Secretary Set To Visit Hanford This Week
Ernest Moniz, the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy visits Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington on Wednesday. Among the issues he will have to deal with are the leaking...
View ArticleEPA Fines Hanford For Improperly Handling Radioactive Waste
The U.S. Department of Energy has agreed to pay $136,000 in fines for allegedly mishandling waste left over from plutonium production at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The penalty comes from the...
View ArticleBPA Shakeup In Wake Of Alleged Hiring Misdeeds
There's been a management shakeup at the Bonneville Power Administration. The U.S. Department of Energy replaced BPA's agency head and chief operating officer without explanation. The move came just...
View ArticleMoniz Reshuffles Department of Energy Management
The head of the U.S. Department of Energy has decided to reshuffle the management of the agency. Those changes at the top may shift how cleanup gets done at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast...
View ArticleCleanup Options For Hanford's 300 Area Going Public
Federal officials are trying to figure out what to do about radioactive materials that remain at a place near the Columbia River known as the 300 Area. It’s the subject of a series of public meetings...
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