When it comes to government transparency and the Hanford nuclear site, the stakes couldn’t be higher for people who rely on ...

“It looks like you are on another planet.” About half the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve — part of the original security zone around the Hanford nuclear reservation west and southwest of Highway ...

As the fire burned its way into the Hanford reserve Thursday, there were fears the flames could stir up radioactive dust as it burned across the dried bed of ponds once used to store radioactive ...

Hanford had different processes for different wastes: Slightly contaminated liquids went into ponds, solid waste was buried, and some gases were released into the air. Across the reserve ...

151; -- The Hanford Nuclear Reservation site in Washington state went into immediate lockdown mode Tuesday after an 8:26 a.m. alert revealed that a tunnel used to house contaminated radioactive ...

Scientists studying the soil beneath a leaking Hanford nuclear waste storage tank have discovered more than 100 species of bacteria living in a toxic, radioactive environment that most would have ...

Hanford was used to produce plutonium for the ... The Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC) had asked that DOE reserve part of the 19,000 acres — a north-south corridor between Energy Northwest ...