Tag Archives: Hanford

Senators grill Perry on Yucca nuclear storage plans via The Hill

Posted on 2017/06/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Energy Secretary Rick Perry was in the hot seat Wednesday as senators grilled him over his push to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said the fight over making Yucca the sole location for the … Continue reading →

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Official says more Hanford nuke mishaps likely via the Las Vegas Sun

Posted on 2017/06/15 by nfield

By Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press Thursday, June 15, 2017 | 10:05 a.m. RICHLAND, Wash. — Future accidental radiation releases at the largest U.S. site of waste from nuclear weapons production are likely following back-to-back emergency evacuations of workers in … Continue reading →

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l The Latest: Contractor: Radiation too low to hurt health via The Washington Post

Posted on 2017/06/09 by nfield

By Associated Press June 8 at 4:39 PM SPOKANE, Wash. — The Latest on a radiation alarm at a former plutonium production site in Washington state. (all times local): 1:30 p.m. A cleanup contractor says the release of radiation that triggered an … Continue reading →

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Russell Jim honored for lifetime of work on nuclear waste via Yakima Herald

Posted on 2017/06/07 by nfield

For decades, Russell Jim has worked to remedy Hanford’s legacy of nuclear waste. Over the years, it has taken him to a mine atop Hanford’s Gable Mountain, the halls of Congress and to Yakama Nation tribal meetings in Toppenish. In … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 2017/05/25 by nfield

By Hugh Gusterson […] The Hanford complex, which dates back to 1943, produced the plutonium for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Half the size of Rhode Island, it is often described as the most contaminated place in the United … Continue reading →

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Hanford nuclear site accident puts focus on aging US facilities via Raw Story (Reuters)

Posted on 2017/05/14 by nfield

The collapse of a tunnel used to store radioactive waste at one of the most contaminated U.S. nuclear sites has raised concerns among watchdog groups and others who study the country’s nuclear facilities because many are aging and fraught with … Continue reading →

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Tunnel collapse latest safety issue at Washington state nuclear site via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2017/05/10 by kojimaaiko

Thousands of workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation were told to stay home Wednesday as efforts began to plug a hole that developed in the partial collapse of a tunnel containing dangerous radioactive waste from the building of nuclear bomb … Continue reading →

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Hanford workers take cover after cave-in of tunnel with radioactive waste via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2017/05/09 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Richland have been evacuated or told to take cover indoors after a cave-in of a tunnel containing radioactive material morning. Workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Richland have been evacuated and others … Continue reading →

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Tunnel collapse at Hanford Nuclear site, emergency declared via CBS News

Posted on 2017/05/09 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

SPOKANE, Wash. — An emergency was declared Tuesday at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeastern Washington after a portion of a tunnel that contains rail cars full of nuclear waste collapsed. The alert, which was later expanded to a site … Continue reading →

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Washington House Passes Protections For Sick Hanford Workers via OPB.org

Posted on 2017/03/04 by nfield

  The Washington state House has voted to give added protections to sick workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. In a 69-to-29 vote Thursday afternoon, the House approved a measure that says if a Hanford worker gets one of several diseases … Continue reading →

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