The huge PUREX processing plant at Hanford is at risk of releasing radioactive contamination into the environment the longer it remains standing, according to a new Department of Energy report. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rumors were flying Monday that the future of radioactive waste treatment at Hanford’s massive vitrification plant might undergo a ...

The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant was built to turn that nuclear waste into glass; it started operating in October 2025. The history of the Hanford Site and the way the stored ...

KENNEWICK — The Trump administration showed support for environmental cleanup at Hanford in its initial proposal for fiscal 2026 funding, calling for a much higher annual budget than it did during ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this report stated this was the first time a worker who had inhaled plutonium was speaking publicly. Since then, we have learned that the Seattle Times spoke with ...

Canceling Hanford waste plant would waste $30B and 23 years of work. Abandoning vitrification risks legal breaches and radioactive contamination. DOE must honor commitments and start Hanford waste ...

The Washington State Department of Health has sent a strongly worded letter of concern to the U.S. Energy Department about elevated readings of radioactive contamination that state monitoring has ...

Specks of radioactive contamination have been found on eight cars or other vehicles that were parked at the Hanford nuclear reservation’s Plutonium Finishing Plant. Two of the vehicles may have been ...

A settlement involving the safety of workers at the Hanford nuclear site is what Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson called a "historic victory" Wednesday. Ferguson says a 2015 lawsuit ...