Map reveals the 13 most radioactive places on Earth - including Chernobyl
Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...
New energy secretary’s commitment to Hanford site cleanup questioned by Sen. Cantwell
Cantwell also voted against advancing his nomination out of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 15 for ...
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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. But since its operations were shuttered, starting in the 1960s, the site has become ...
‘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 ...
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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 ...
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Project 2025 and Hanford: What Trump’s second term could mean for WA’s toxic sludge
Traffic crowds Highway 240 nearly every morning outside the Hanford Site’s sprawling, sage-studded industrial complex. This site churned out plutonium for nuclear weapons during WWII and the ...
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Hanford nuclear site contractor earns $4.5M for its report card
The contractor employs about 400. The Hanford site, adjacent to Richland in Eastern Washington, produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium from World War II through the Cold War for the nation's ...
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New energy secretary’s commitment to Hanford site cleanup questioned by Sen. Cantwell
Environmental cleanup is underway at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Eastern Washington after the site was used to produce plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program. Department of ...
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‘Outright hostility.’ 100s of fed workers fear for their jobs at contaminated WA nuclear site
Tri-City Herald file The 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear reservation adjacent to Richland was used from World War II through the Cold War to produce nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the ...