Truman announced the existence of the Manhattan Project to the world. Hanford would grow to include nine nuclear reactors churning out plutonium for the nation’s nuclear arsenal. The last of these was ...

The U.S. government set up Hanford in 1943 to create plutonium for the nation’s atomic bombs. That work created billions of ...

A recent article in the Tri-City Herald effectively explains a significant development in Central Washington: "Twenty-three ...

YAKIMA -- For four decades, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation made plutonium for the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal, including the atomic bomb that devastated Nagasaki in World War II. Now, more than ...

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 hazardous waste left behind from decades of plutonium production is now being solidified into glass, the U.S. Department ...

Work is continuing to meet a deadline next week to start glassifying radioactive waste at the vitrification plant, but DOE reportedly only has 30 days of funding.

The Hanford tank farm contractor notified the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council that it is looking to temporarily lay off ...

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 ...