Tag Archives: Hanford

Radioactive contamination found in workers’ car filters, says Hanford watchdog via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2018/09/05 by nfield

By Annette Cary   RICHLAND, WA  Hanford Challenge is calling for an independent study of the threat that radioactive contamination might pose to the Tri-Cities from the Hanford nuclear reservation. On Tuesday it released a research report by Marco Kaltofen, … Continue reading →

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American students aren’t taught nuclear weapons policy in school. Here’s how to fix that problem via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2018/06/22 by nfield

Erin ConnollyKate Hewitt “How many countries have nuclear weapons?” we asked. Students shouted out answers: one, seven, 34, all of the countries in the world. “Which countries have nuclear weapons?” We heard responses that included the United States, Japan, Iran, … Continue reading →

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The 60-Year Downfall of Nuclear Power in the U.S. Has Left a Huge Mess via The Atlantic

Posted on 2018/06/11 by nfield

It was just another day in the life of the defunct Hanford nuclear site, a remote part of Washington State that made most of the plutonium in America’s Cold War arsenal. On the morning of May 9, 2017, alarms sounded. Around 2,000 … Continue reading →

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A different kind of ‘atomic tourist’ visits Hanford via Crosscut

Posted on 2018/06/01 by nfield

[…] Of the thousands of people who have toured giant and forbidding B Reactor, the world’s first large scale plutonium reactor, Mitsugi Moriguchi is the first person to do so in a white radiation-blocking jumpsuit, hood and mask. It is … Continue reading →

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New resource center helps sick Hanford workers via king5.com

Posted on 2018/05/05 by nfield

By Susannah Frame The federal government cut the ribbon on a center that helps sick Hanford workers Thursday, marking a huge shift after 30 years of roadblocks to get medical help and compensation. The new Hanford Workforce Engagement Center in … Continue reading →

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DOE’s oversight at Hanford slammed in government report via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2018/04/25 by nfield

By Hal Bernton Repeated engineering errors, construction deficiencies and other problems have repeatedly cropped up in the yearslong effort to build Hanford’s waste-treatment plant — issues serious enough to warrant possible work stoppages for some parts of the project according … Continue reading →

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Volcanoes or earthquakes. Which one is a bigger threat to Hanford? via Yakima Herald.com

Posted on 2018/04/23 by nfield

Annette Cary Tri-City Herald RICHLAND, Wash. — Earthquakes. Floods. Volcanoes. All are risks the Department of Energy evaluates at the highly contaminated Hanford nuclear reservation, with the latest focus on volcanic ash. “Natural hazards and nuclear facilities do not always … Continue reading →

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Workers’ radiation exposure halts Hanford nuclear plant demolition　via The Columbian

Posted on 2018/04/08 by nfield

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press SPOKANE — Seven decades after making key portions of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are being exposed to radiation as they tear down buildings that helped create … Continue reading →

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The Atomic-Bomb Core That Escaped World War II　via The Atlantic

Posted on 2018/04/02 by nfield

In 1946, shortly after the end of World War II, the physicist Louis Slotin stood in front of a low table at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, concentrating intensely on the object in front of him. His left thumb was … Continue reading →

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Feds To Investigate Contamination Spread At Hanford via Northwest Public Broadcasting

Posted on 2018/03/29 by nfield

Anna King The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a federal investigation into a demolition site at the Hanford nuclear reservation where radioactive waste from the site has been spreading in unexplained ways. Called the Plutonium Finishing Plant, it’s a … Continue reading →

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