Most Contaminated U.S. Nuclear Site Is Set to Be the Largest Solar Farm
Plans to transform Hanford, which was integral to the nation’s nuclear arsenal after World War II, had just begun inching ...
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Experts, WA reps question rationale for BPA and Hanford layoffs
The U.S. Department of Energy picked roughly 400 people to lay off at the Bonneville Power Administration, which masterminds ...
More federal layoffs at Eastern WA nuclear contamination site. Here’s what may be next
The Department of Energy staff at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington now has had almost 50 people in a staff of about 300 laid off and more cuts may be coming. The reduction so far is ...
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US to turn nuclear kitchen into largest solar farm to generate 2,000 MW power
Notably, this output will be double the energy produced by a typical nuclear power plant and significantly surpass the ...
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More federal layoffs at Eastern WA nuclear contamination site. Here’s what may be next
The Hanford site adjacent to Richland was used from World War II through the Cold War to produce nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program. Since 1989 work has ...
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Rediscovering the 'Forgotten Creators' of the German atomic bomb
Perhaps most importantly, Germany developed gas centrifuges, which are more efficient than calutrons and gaseous diffusion ...
Hanford contractor earns $14M+ incentive pay. It had its best scorecard in 2 decades
Bechtel National earned an incentive payment of $14.2 million from the Department of Energy for its work on the Hanford nuclear site vitrification plant in Eastern Washington in 2024, receiving its ...