New energy secretary’s commitment to Hanford site cleanup questioned by Sen. Cantwell
Fossil fuel executive Chris Wright has become the nation’s energy secretary, despite questions about his commitment to ...
Tri-City Herald24d
Hanford nuclear site contractor earns $4.5M for its report card
The Hanford nuclear site contractor operating the lab that analyzes highly radioactive tank waste samples earned 95% of its possible incentive pay for fiscal 2024, up from 74% in the previous ...
Walla Walla Union Bulletin2dOpinion
Other Views: Residents tire of talk, demand Hanford action
More than 35 years after a Tri-Party Agreement was forged to promote cleanup at Eastern Washington’s Hanford site, the people ...
‘Outright hostility.’ 100s of fed workers fear for their jobs at contaminated WA nuclear site
It’s been called the most contaminated site in the Western Hemisphere. And among those proposed for cuts are engineers who ...
KUOW15d
A think tank wants to accelerate cleanup at Hanford. Locals, though, aren't in a hurry
For decades, the Hanford Site in central Washington produced plutonium for the United States’ nuclear arsenal ... of cleaning up its radioactive waste. Today, there are 177 underground storage ...
The Olympian1mon
What Trump’s energy secretary nominee had to say on Hanford nuclear waste, national lab
Trump’s nominee for energy secretary called finishing the environmental cleanup at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington ... and meet Cold War legacy waste commitments.
Scientific American14d
AI’s Energy Demands Threaten a Nuclear Waste Nightmare
These tech giants recognize that the next generation of microprocessors to be used for AI calculations at data centers will ...