Hanford produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium used in the US nuclear weapons stockpile as around 60,000 nuclear weapons were made there, including the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki in 1945.

In reality, however, the effects of human activity, from nuclear weapons testing and ... that was dropped on Nagasaki in 1945. The Hanford site is now one of the most radioactive places in ...

Plans to transform Hanford, which was integral to the nation’s nuclear arsenal after World War II, had just begun inching ...

Solar power developer Hecate Energy has started to build what will be the US’ biggest solar farm on 10,300 acres at the ...

The reduction so far is about 16% of DOE’s Hanford workforce, which was 78% staffed when the layoffs were announced.

The US administration of President Donald Trump undertaking staff cuts at federal organisations including the Department of ...

Layoffs at the Hanford site included safety engineers and scientists, Sen. Patty Murray said. Hundreds of other federal workers in the state lost their jobs too.

The Hanford site was used from World War II through the Cold War to produce two-thirds of the nation’s plutonium for nuclear weapons, leading to major contamination. Federal employees at the ...