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Near RICHLAND, Wash. -- Today one of the most hazardous buildings on the Hanford site is under demolition. Workers say this project will not only improve the appearance of the area, but also eliminate a dangerous source of pollution.
Washington River Protection Solutions announced this morning they will donate $450,000 over the next three years to WSU Tri-Cities. The money will be used to fund an additional faculty member in the engineering department. Funds will also help with student internships and scholarships.
The Vit Plant is one step closer to startup activities in 2013.
The Department of Energy is working to keep millions of gallons of nuclear waste from entering the soil or water table by using asphalt.
CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M HILL) recently completed retrieval of highly radioactive waste from Settler Tubes in Hanford's K West Basin.
Hanford's ERDF site is currently undergoing it fourth and largest expansion project.
As crews work on demolishing the K East Reactor stack on the Hanford site they're also cleaning up the mess it leaves behind.
U.S. Senator Patty Murray says she's well on her way to getting a significant amount of additional funding for Hanford site cleanup next year.
Sen. Patty Murray says she'll introduce a measure Thursday to spend $200 million to continue the licensing process for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
The Department of Energy is considering what to do with 14 contaminated railcars and two contaminated locomotives parked...
Speaking before a Blue Ribbon Commission assembled by President Obama, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire pushed for a repository site to someday store high level nuclear waste.
Gov. Chris Gregoire encouraged a federal commission examining U.S. nuclear waste policies to base any recommendations on science and technology, not politics.
The Department of Energy and Energy Northwest Leaders toured Hanford's 200-area Wednesday, along with a special committee assembled by President Barack Obama.
A commission appointed by President Barack Obama to examine U.S. disposal of radioactive waste finished its tour of the Hanford nuclear site.
Another Tri-Party agreement milestone met on the Hanford site, three months early.
RICHLAND, Wash.- Senator Patty Murray celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Hanford Reach National Monument.
White Shield Inc. and Apollo Inc. will get nearly $3.7 million as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission legal panel says the federal Department of Energy can't withdraw its application to build a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada.
The Energy Department says the contractor hired to build a massive waste treatment plant at the Hanford nuclear reservation should have new ideas about resolving a mixing problem in a couple of weeks.
The Department of Energy is using stimulus money to accelerate a first-of-its-kind demolition project. The Hanford site is home to a highly contaminated uranium processor that dates back to the Cold War.
The Hanford Reach Interpretive Center is one step closer to meeting its financial goals and could potentially break ground later this year.
Representative Doc Hastings wants the public to have access to the top of Rattlesnake Mountain.
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future will have its next meeting at Hanford July on 14th and 15th.
In a letter sent to primary Hanford contractors, the Department of Energy wants proof proper steps are being taken to protect workers from Beryllium exposure.
Washington state is suing to stop the federal government from permanently abandoning the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
NEW An Outlook man is wanted by police in a hit and run accident last month where a 2-year-old boy was injured.
Sinsations strip club has hit yet another roadblock. Tuesday night the Yakima city council voted not to allow the strip club on South First Street.
Yakima Valley Community College has renewed a Department of Education grant for another five years totaling more than $1.5 million to fund services targeted at retaining and graduating students.
The accident where a worker was pinned between a wheel and frame of a front-end loader on Tuesday is now being investigated by the Department of Labor and Industries.
NEAR NACHES, Wash. - Highway 12 is one of the main cross state travel routes. The Department of Transportation is finishing a project this week that makes it safer, just in time for Winter.
NEW A Franklin County Judge says he's been unable to find an available courtroom throughout Washington State to hold a murder trial.
NEW The Washington Department of Transportation Superintendent has canceled Thursday's ramp work on I-182 to 395 in Pasco.
Walla Walla, Wash -- The Washington State Penitentiary is preparing for the execution of Cal Colburn Brown set for Friday, September 10 at midnight.
September is National Preparedness Month, which is a good time to put together an emergency kit.
A Tri Cities community group makes a generous donation to help a little boy dealing with cancer.
Federal contractors that were fined for environmental and safety violations at Hanford will receive much of the $2 billion in...
As the temperatures heat up, so does work at the Vit Plant.
A new Department of Energy study reveals Hanford's Waste Treatment Plant may be operational years earlier than previously thought, but at an added cost.
Department of Energy leaders now say they may be able to restart full construction on Hanford's Waste Treatment Plant before the previously declared October 1, 2007 date.
CH2M Hill has developed the Sand Mantis, a new tool that takes rock salt type waste, and turns it into a fine, powdery waste.
Fluor Hanford workers at the Effluent Treatment Facility are being recognized for their safety record.
The Washington Senate race is heating up.
The 5th Annual State of the Hanford Site meeting is set for Tuesday in Kennewick, and they are doing things a little bit differently this time around.
Washington Senator Patty Murray was in front of the U.S. Senate Thursday fighting for continued federal cleanup dollars for the Hanford site.
A bill in the state legislature that would stop nuclear waste shipments into Washington is losing support in Olympia.
