Tag Archives: Hanford

More Hanford workers may have inhaled radioactive particles via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2017/12/15 by nfield

By Annette Cary A major demolition project at Hanford was halted two days this week after air monitors worn by several workers showed they might have inhaled radioactive particles. […] “We take this very, very seriously,” said Ty Blackford, president … Continue reading →

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2.2B gallons of groundwater treated at Hanford plants this year via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2017/10/22 by nfield

Hanford workers cleaned 145,000 pounds of contaminants from the groundwater beneath the nuclear reservation during the past 12 months, the Department of Energy said Thursday. The contaminants came from 2.2 billion gallons of groundwater — an amount that would fill … Continue reading →

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Whistleblower helps secure $2 million settlement over contract rigging at Hanford via The Spokesman-Review

Posted on 2017/09/23 by nfield

A whistleblower has been paid $470,000 out of a $2 million settlement after successfully challenging what she and government prosecutors say was a shell company at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The subcontractor charged with setting up the shell company, Federal … Continue reading →

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Should GE’s Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Be Recalled Worldwide Like a Faulty Unsafe Automobile? (Pt. 5) via EnviroNews

Posted on 2017/09/12 by nfield

(EnviroNews DC Bureau) — Editor’s Note: The following news piece represents the fifth in a 15-part mini-series titled, Nuclear Power in Our World Today, featuring nuclear authority, engineer and whistleblower Arnie Gundersen. The EnviroNews USA special encompasses a wide span of topics, ranging from Manhattan-era … Continue reading →

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Forget North Korea, America Is Already Quietly Nuking Itself via Portside (Antimedia)

Posted on 2017/08/19 by nfield

While senior U.S. officials led by President Trump and media pundits sound the alarm over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, America has been dealing with a series of nuclear leaks domestically that are already exposing the public to radioactive material. The … Continue reading →

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Trump’s N. Korea WARGASM! Will It Come? A Different Perspective w/Space4Peace’s Bruce Gagon & Bo Jacobs in Hiroshima – NH #321 via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2017/08/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This Week’s Featured Interviews – North Korea Close-up: Bruce Gagnon is the secretary/coordinator of Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.  He provides the history of US/N. Korea relations, a context for understanding what the countries are threatening, … Continue reading →

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Tests show Hanford workers inhaled radioactive plutonium via King5

Posted on 2017/08/03 by nfield

[…] The KING 5 Investigators have discovered those statements are incorrect. An internal CH2M Hill email sent to their employees on July 21 was obtained by KING. It states that 301 (test kits) have been issued to employees and of the … Continue reading →

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Hanford workers exposed to vapors could seek help at proposed center via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2017/07/25 by nfield

The Department of Energy would be required to establish a resource center to help Hanford workers exposed to chemical vapors, under proposed federal legislation. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, both D-Wash., inserted the requirement into the appropriations bill that … Continue reading →

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A predictable nuclear accident at Hanford via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2017/07/20 by nfield

Hugh Gusterson […] On May 9, workers discovered a 20-foot-diameter hole where the roof had collapsed on a makeshift nuclear waste site: a tunnel, sealed in 1965, encasing old railroad cars and equipment contaminated with radiation through years of plutonium … Continue reading →

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Stack demolished at Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant via The Spokesman-Review

Posted on 2017/07/18 by nfield

RICHLAND – A landmark on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is gone, after the big ventilation stack at the Plutonium Finishing Plant was demolished. The 200-foot tall stack was demolished on Saturday. The plant was the final step during decades of … Continue reading →

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