Today, an estimated 56 million gallons of radioactive waste remains at Hanford, much of it in storage tanks that are known to be leaking. Considering that the site sits near the Columbia River, about ...
The U.S. tested nuclear weapons until the early 1990s. Since then, scientists have been using supercomputers and experiments ...
The U.S. government wants to select "disparate" locations where it could eventually make bomb-grade uranium again.
To maintain American digital dominance, the United States will have to turn to nuclear power to fuel the data centers of the ...
The rigorous testing and evaluation process saw the MH-139A helicopters responding to a simulated threat with a full tactical response force loadout and ...
The 2025 Washington Legislature is considering a bill to make it easier for nuclear fuel companies such as Framatome in ...
More than 35 years after a Tri-Party Agreement was forged to promote cleanup at Eastern Washington’s Hanford site, the people of our state are still waiting for meaningful action.
Levin joined Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Escondido, and Young Kim, R-Anaheim Hills, on Wednesday to reintroduce the bipartisan Spent Fuel Prioritization Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Two ...
It’s been called the most contaminated site in the Western Hemisphere. And among those proposed for cuts are engineers who ...
The new era of nuclear power generation greater than the force of the Sun has arrived and is ready for deployment. For the ...
In 2025, big investment money is going to nuclear power to offset the loss of reliable electricity from coal and natural ...
A group of journalists were allowed to tour a weapons laboratory deep underground in Frenchman Flat, Nevada. NPR's science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel was among them.