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

Notably, this output will be double the energy produced by a typical nuclear power plant and significantly surpass the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy picked roughly 400 people to lay off at the Bonneville Power Administration, which masterminds ...

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 ...

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.

Murray said at a news conference Tuesday she’s concerned about the Trump administration’s dismissal of about 12 U.S. Department of Energy staffers and what effect that will have on safety at the site.

Environmental cleanup is underway at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Eastern Washington after the site was used to produce plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program. Department of ...

The 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear reservation 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 ...

A federal mediator has been called in as the Hanford Guards Union Local 21 and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions have agreed to return to the bargaining table Monday, Dec. 2. The Hanford ...

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

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 ...