Sweeping US energy department layoffs hit offices of loans, nuclear security, sources say
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, ...
Up to 2,000 workers laid off at US Department of Energy, sources say
The layoffs of probationary workers come after three people representing billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government ...
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 ...
Trump’s new energy secretary’s squishy responses on Hanford cause for concern | Editorial
He has an opportunity to send a powerful message that America’s energy future includes an unwavering commitment to cleaning ...
‘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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What Trump’s energy secretary nominee had to say on Hanford nuclear waste, national lab
Hanford gave a lot to this country and we ... waste and contamination left from producing nearly two thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program from World War II ...
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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Residents tire of talk, demand action on Hanford
Today, an estimated 56 million gallons of radioactive waste remains at Hanford, much of it in storage tanks that are known to be leaking. Considering that the site sits near the Columbia River, about ...
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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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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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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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‘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 ...