Hydros Get Ready For Qatar Race
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The Oryx Cup race site at Sheraton Park in Doha is beginning to take shape on Tuesday.
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Medical Screening for Former Hanford Employees
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The Department of Energy is asking former Handford employees to take advantage of a free medical screening.
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Dig continues at Hanford landfill for historic items
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A unique project on the banks of the Columbia, archeologists are digging up landfills sixty years old.
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Power restored to Hanford Vit Plant, Workers asked to come in
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Power has been restored to the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant (Vit Plant) construction site.
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2010 funding for Hanford clean up
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Congress will soon vote on a new spending bill that includes more than two-billion dollars to clean-up the Hanford site in 2010.
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Trash Dig at Hanford
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workers with Washington Closure Hanford are digging up mysteries decades old.
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Hanford Nuclear Site 2009 tours end today
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after today the site wide public tours will end and the door that has greeted 5000 passengers over the summer will remain closed until next year.
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Study: Higher cancer rates for Hanford workers
RICHLAND, Wash. - A new study shows former construction workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation have an increased risk of certain cancers.
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Crews start excavating historic Hanford landfills
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Two landfills that held the household waste of the people who built the first Hanford nuclear reactor during World War II could be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Feds inspecting nuclear power plant
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting a special inspection of the power plant near Hanford
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New agreement reached on Hanford cleanup deadlines
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Washington state and federal officials have agreed on new cleanup deadlines for the nation's most contaminated nuclear site.
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Pay Cut Up To $2.3 Million for Hanford Contractor
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The federal government will reduce a contractor's pay by up to $2.3 million following a worker's fall at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
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Water Treatment Facility Breaks Ground at Hanford
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The US Department of Energy breaks ground on construction of Hanford's largest groundwater system.
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Hanford Considered As Mercury Storage Site
The Hanford nuclear reservation is 1 of 7 sites the Energy Department is considering as a national, long-term storage site...
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Feds Add $2 Billion To Hanford Cleanup Work
Federal contractors that were fined for environmental and safety violations at Hanford will receive much of the $2 billion in...
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First Hanford Recovery Act Workers Ready to Work on the Site
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About 100 workers are graduating into the workforce after five weeks of training at HAMMER.
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Hanford Vit Plant Safety Effort Increased
The director of the big waste treatment plant project at the Hanford nuclear reservation says it's redoubling safety efforts...
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Hanford Mission Support Contract Awarded
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The Department of Energy announces Mission Support Alliance, or the LLC is selected as the Mission Support Contractor.
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New Hanford Worker Paying Double Mortgages
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Some people who have moved to the Tri-Cities for a Hanford job can't sell their houses from where they moved from.
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Some New Hanford Employees Can't Sell Their Houses Back Home
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They have their houses up for sale, but the market is so slow that some are renting apartments just waiting.
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Online Registration Open Today for B Reactor Tours
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) opened online registration today for Saturday tours of the historic B Reactor.
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Historic Hanford N-Reactor Almost Demolished
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The last nuclear reactor to be in production on the Hanford Site is nearing the final stages of demolition.
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Testing at Hanford's Miniature Waste Treatment Plant is Successful
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The miniature plant will give you a good idea of how complex and expensive the actual waste treatment plant at Hanford will be and it's the first of its kind in America.
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Hanford Waste Disposal Site Expanded Far Away from the Columbia River
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Two new landfills are completed that are far away from the Columbia River and are ready to start taking waste that is currently very close to the river.
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Hanford Site Gets $1.96 Billion Within A Week
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The Hanford Site will be getting almost two billion dollars within a week. The money is coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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DOE Booking Tours Of Hanford Nuclear Reservation
Online registration is beginning Monday for public tours of the Hanford nuclear reservation.
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Future Energy Park on Hanford Site Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities
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Tri-Cities business leaders are working on a plan to make our region the nation's leader in energy research and Hanford is directly involved.
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Cantwell is a New Leader on the Senate Energy Committee
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$2 billion dollars in federal money will be going to Hanford and could create 11,000 new jobs in the Tri-Cities.
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Hanford Site Gets $2 Billion in Federal Money and Could Mean 11,000 New Jobs
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One of Washington's U.S. Senators comes to the Tri-Cities happy about federal money headed for Hanford.
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New Technology at Hanford is Making the Cleanup Process Faster
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The site is one of the few places in the world with buried, old nuclear reactor fuel. It's radioactive, dangerous and very difficult to clean up.
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