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Wash. state reverses course on some nasty Hanford nuclear waste. Alternative was worse via Tri-City Herald

By Annette Cary Richland, WA After a bitter fight nearly 15 years ago to exclude Hanford from a new federal law for reclassifying some radioactive waste, the state of Washington now sees that law as the best alternative to ensure adequate … Continue reading

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Some Hanford radiation exposure records could harm workers and taxpayers, report says via Tri-City Herald

BY ANNETTE CARY Recordkeeping at Hanford could be improved to track worker radiation exposure, including to ensure fair compensation for workers who develop cancer, according to an inspection report of the Department of Energy Office of Inspector General. Issues in … Continue reading

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State fines Hanford nuclear site $1M for restricting info via Stars and Stripes

RICHLAND, Wash. — The state of Washington has issued a $1 million fine to a federal nuclear weapons production site for restricting access to critical data. The Washington Department of Ecology issued the fine on Monday to the Hanford Nuclear … Continue reading

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Storm of Tumbleweeds Buries Cars, Terrifies Drivers and Astounds Police via The New York Times

By Maria Cramer In ghost towns and gunslinger movies, they drift in ones or twos, cast wherever the wind takes them. Along a long stretch of road in Washington State, the tumbleweeds took over instead: more like monsters out of science … Continue reading

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Hiring at Hanford’s massive plant targets nation’s most dangerous radioactive waste via YakimaHerald.com

ANNETTE CARY Tri-City Herald Dec 30, 2019 Updated Dec 30, 2019 RICHLAND — The initial staff has arrived at the Analytical Laboratory, the first of the four major facilities at the Hanford $17 billion vitrification plant to have a Washington state permit … Continue reading

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Dangerous radioactive hot particles span the globe via Beyond Nuclear International

By Cindy Folkers When reactors exploded and melted down at the Fukushima nuclear power complex in March 2011, they launched radioactivity from their ruined cores into the unprotected environment.  Some of this toxic radioactivity was in the form of hot … Continue reading

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It Happened Here: JFK breaks ground for nuclear reactor at Hanford via Yakima Herald

DONALD W. MEYERS […] In an event at the Hanford nuclear reservation attended by 30,000 people Sept. 26, 1963, Kennedy presided over the groundbreaking for a nuclear reactor that would generate electricity while creating plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. … Continue reading

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Inside America’s most toxic nuclear waste dump, where 56 million gallons of buried radioactive sludge are leaking into the earth via Business Insider

James Pasley Hanford Nuclear Reservation is the most polluted area in the United States. Buried beneath the complex is 56 million gallons of radioactive waste that need to be dealt with. The reservation produced the plutonium for Fat Man, the … Continue reading

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Hanford officials move nuclear waste from Columbia River via FiberOne

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have removed the last of the highly radioactive sludge stored in underwater containers near The Columbia River. […] Perry says the project came in ahead of schedule and under budget … Continue reading

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Visit the Reactor That Made the Plutonium for the “Fat Man” Nuclear Bomb via IEEE Spectrum

The Manhattan Project’s B Reactor at Hanford is a fascinating, complicated monument to U.S. nuclear historyBy Maria Gallucci A literal pile of cylinders rises 11 meters high inside a graphite box, filling the dimensions of a cavernous hall. The towering grid of … Continue reading

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