For only the third time in nearly two decades, workers cut into the top of one of the nuclear reservation’s single-shell ...

The Hanford Site is the most polluted area in the US, though cleanup started decades ago. Estimates say it will take decades more and up to $640 billion to finish the job. The site just received ...

The Hanford Site might partner with the United States Department to use nuclear energy to power artificial intelligence, ...

Hanford is a place of profound contrast. Along the bank of the Columbia River in south-central Washington, an expanse of windswept desert plateau teems with wildlife, despite being designated as the ...

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War FILE - A caution sign is shown on a road on the Hanford ...

SEATTLE — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...

RICHLAND, Wash. — Workers at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (ERDF) on the Hanford site have disposed of more than 19 million tons of waste from their cleanup efforts. Workers at the ...

The Department of Energy has awarded a Hanford site contract with an estimated value of up to $45 billion over a decade to a newly formed limited liability company. The winning bidder is Hanford Tank ...

The U.S. Department of Energy is rolling out a new program to redevelop some of its lands into clean energy hubs – starting with the former nuclear Hanford site in southeast Washington state. Many ...

UPDATE: October 15, 2025 at 4:44 p.m. Washington Representative Dan Newhouse responded to the development of the Low-Activity Waste Facility project with the following statement: "Today is a historic ...

SEATTLE – For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...