"This agreement on how to safely dispose of the 56 million gallons of tank waste at the Hanford site moves us in the right direction," said U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., senior member of the ...

Check back to tri-cityherald.com for updates. To get breaking news alerts, click here Hanford nuclear site workers were encouraged to start their Monday workday telecommuting if possible after an ...

A former Hanford nuclear site subcontractor and its owner will pay a total settlement of just over $1.1 million to resolve accusations they defrauded the federal government through a COVID ...

The top local leader for the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington has resigned, which follows the resignation of his second in command. Brian Vance has been the Department of Energy Hanford ...

Tuesday's accident happened atop one of two rail tunnels near the site's Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant (PUREX), which sits in the middle of the Hanford site. The tunnels are each hundreds of ...

That stands to reason, considering the complicated history of the 580-square-mile Hanford site. The Hanford Reach is a 51-mile section of the Columbia River, on the northeastern border of the area.