The contractor employs about 400. The Hanford site, adjacent to Richland in Eastern Washington, produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium from World War II through the Cold War for the nation ...

Traffic crowds Highway 240 nearly every morning outside the Hanford Site’s sprawling, sage-studded industrial complex. This site churned out plutonium for nuclear weapons during WWII and the ...

The City of Hanford has announced that it is a recipient of a $15.5 million grant thanks to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The grant award is part of the competitive Rebuilding ...

Little Cottonwood Canyon is the gem of the Central Wasatch, and as ski season moves into full swing here, we feel compelled to share our analysis of the costs all Utahns would bear if UDOT proceeds ...

The Hanford site became this massive cleanup mess from being the workhorse of World War II and the Cold War – producing and refining more than 74 tons of plutonium for bombs. Hanford is one of the ...

The utter desolation felt disorienting. In the summer, thousands flood the canyon to escape the heat, splashing in its crisp, cold waters. It is easily one of the most popular hiking destinations ...

but he spent most of his childhood in Richland, Washington, where his father worked as an engineer at the Hanford plutonium plant. It was there, “romping and roving along the banks of the ...

With Park City (via Salt Lake City International Airport) a quick 1.5-hour direct flight from Denver, it’s easy to access this world-class ski resort and the area’s chillest hotspot ...

Demonstrators opposed the re-start of the Hanford site Purex Plant, which helped produce plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program. Tri-City Herald file World Citizens for Peace may be ...

DuPont, the operator of the first plutonium production plant (the Hanford Site in Washington ... two chemical separation plants (H and F Canyons), a heavy water plant (D Area), a fuel and target ...