HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION

ENVIRONMENT
The Mess Gets Worse at Hanford's Nuclear Site
By Center for Public Integrity, Contributor
One of the country's oldest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigati...
The government's multi-billion-dollar effort to clean up the nation's largest nuclear dump has become its own dysfunctional mess. For more than two decades, the government has worked to dispose of 56 million gallons of toxic nuclear and chemical waste in southeastern Washington State.
ENVIRONMENT
Walter Tamosaitis, Hanford Site Whistleblower: 'I Was Fired Because I Raised Nuclear Safety Issues'
"I was fired because I raised nuclear safety issues about the Hanford site," former URS Corp. nuclear engineer Walter Tamosaitis
ENVIRONMENT
Hanford Nuclear Cleanup May Be Too Dangerous, Future Of Storage Plant Uncertain
By Nick Visser
Disagreements over the safety risks have also prompted outspoken protests from several senior Hanford officials. Chief project
POLITICS
Sequestration Cuts Mean Unemployment For Workers At Washington Nuclear Site
By Arthur Delaney
The Department of Energy has said that while sequestration could affect cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, there
POLITICS
Hanford Nuclear Reservation Workers Hit By Sequestration Layoffs
By Arthur Delaney and Amanda Terkel
"It stinks," Smith, 56, said in an interview. "I think people in Washington, D.C., don't have a clue. It just kinda stinks
POLITICS
Workers Lose Jobs As Pink Slips Go Out Due To Sequestration
By Amanda Terkel
*** HuffPost Readers: Have the federal budget cuts kicking in this month had an impact on you specifically or on your community
ENVIRONMENT
Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Could Take Years
By Nick Visser
The cleanup of radioactive waste leaking from storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation could take years, according
ENVIRONMENT
Sequestration Could Hinder Hanford Nuclear Reservation Cleanup, Says Washington Governor
By Reuters, Reuters
His decision to make the leaks public knowledge came at an uncertain time for the future of the Hanford cleanup, as Chu's
VIDEOS
Hanford Nuclear Reservation Tanks Leaking Radioactive Waste Underground
Six underground radioactive waste tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday. We speak with Zach Carter about the latest.
ENVIRONMENT
Hanford Nuclear Reservation Tanks Leaking Radioactive Waste Underground, Governor Inslee Says
By James Gerken
Wyden is the new chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He also stressed the state would impose a
ENVIRONMENT
Green News Report: March 29, 2011 (Audio)
By Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, Contributor
Co-hosts of the radio’s nationally syndicated ‘Green News Report’
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): UN report: Cities ignore climate change at their peril; Study: Freshwater Content
ENVIRONMENT
Green News Report: January 25, 2011 (Audio)
By Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, Contributor
Co-hosts of the radio’s nationally syndicated ‘Green News Report’
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Getting "Gas"-y at the Oscars; Freakin' Frackin'; Natural disasters are expensive; Catastrophic flooding, drought around the world.
ENVIRONMENT
Radioactive Rabbit Poop Part Of Hanford Nuclear Reservation Cleanup (VIDEO)
The Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state produced most of the plutonium our nation used from the the beginning