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HANFORD, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the 2025 Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report, detailing the extensive cleanup efforts at the Hanford Site. The report, ...

When bureaucratic roadblocks threatened to stall Hanford cleanup and eliminate local jobs, Sen. Patty Murray stepped up and got results. Her recent confrontation with Energy Secretary Chris Wright ...

Cleaning up the Hanford nuclear waste site is a high priority for everyone living downriver, including here along the Columbia River estuary. With 53 million gallons of highly toxic atomic waste ...

Hanford workers make progress in 2023 on installing a new ventilation system at the REDOX plant at the Hanford nuclear site to allow continued cleanup in the former plutonium processing facility.

DOE may shift strategy at Hanford as waste plant nears initial operation. Plant construction began in 2002; deadline for waste treatment is Oct. 15. Facility employs 3,000 workers and receives $3 ...

Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson fired a shot across the bow at the U.S. Energy Department Friday, threatening legal action if plans to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are put on hold, ...

As much as $589 billion will be needed to finish environmental cleanup and some monitoring at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington, but there is some good news there. Three years ago, the ...

DOE picks new leader for environmental cleanup at Hanford nuclear site in WA He brings 40 years of experience at DOE sites, including in WA, ID, NY and CO He takes over as Hanford is set to enter a ...

Stainless steel containers for waste in the low-activity waste facility at the Hanford site. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy/Bechtel) Congress this week approved a $3.2 billion budget for ...

Congress last week approved a $3.2 billion budget for the Hanford nuclear reservation’s cleanup in fiscal 2026 — a more than $200 million increase from the prior two years. That is more than what the ...