The first team of chemists has arrived at Hanford's Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), better known as the Vit Plant. The chemists will perform the first scientific work taking place inside the plant's Analytical Laboratory to support starting the…
HANFORD, Wash. -- A Hanford worker who died on the job Wednesday has been identified as 49-year-old Teresa Weathers, according to Benton County Coroner Bill Leach.
Officials have identified the man who died in a deadly crash this morning in Hanford.
The Hanford site will be getting a visit from a high-profile politician on Tuesday.
The daughter of a former Hanford worker talked to students at Columbia Basin College about the dangers of radiation exposure. Trisha Pritikin, whose father was an engineer at the Hanford facility, was born and raised in Richland…
Here's a look at a few events happening around our region this weekend.
HANFORD, Wash. - Don't be alarmed if you hear sirens ringing at the Hanford Site Thursday afternoon.
Here's a look at some weekend events happening around our region.
This month culminates a year-long initiative by members of the Tri-Cities community to commemorate a key period in local and international history - the 75th anniversary of the Hanford site. On September 26, 1944, the B Reactor…
A major tool for spearheading nuclear waste cleanup at the Hanford site is now complete, close to two decades in the making.U.S. Representatives Dan Newhouse and Kim Schrier, along with representatives from Bechtel National and the Department of Energy held…
The U.S. Department of Energy plans to extend two major environmental cleanup contracts at a contaminated nuclear site in Handford.
Benton County deputies were on the scene of several crashes involving deer early Thursday morning.At around 4:50 a.m., scanner dispatchers indicated three vehicles had crashed because of two deers.Those crashes all happened on Route 4 south, in the Hanford area.…
UPDATE (8:15 a.m.): The Washington State Department of Natural Resources says the Cold Creek Fire has burned about 15,000 acres near Hanford. The fire is estimated to be 10 percent contained.
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A new report warns that a huge facility on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state is at risk of releasing radioactive contamination into the environment the longer it remains standing.
Several organizations from around the Tri-Cities are planning to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the B Reactor.
The REACH Museum wants the community to help celebrate a fifth anniversary by supporting its ongoing efforts to educate the community on the rich history of the Hanford area.The museum's annual Day's Pay Fundraiser is being held Thursday, June 20.…
After a years-long effort to secure funding, Richland's very own gravitational wave observatory will be expanding.The capital budget recently signed by Governor Inslee allocated $7.7 million to the LIGO Hanford Observatory to build a STEM Exploration Center."This has been a…
Here's a look at a few events happening around our region this weekend.
Work is continuing at one of Hanford's most hazardous facilities after a temporary Stop Work order was put in place due to detected contamination, according to information released from the DOE Richland Operations Office.During work at the 324 Building, contamination…
It was exactly two years ago that a radioactive tunnel collapsed at the Hanford site, forcing thousands of workers to shelter in place and basically shutting down operations at the site for a few days.It happened the morning of May…
RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers at the Hanford Site have finished filling a second waste storage tunnel with engineered grout, significantly reducing the risk of a collapse and possible release of radioactive materials.
Federal funding cuts are hitting close to home. The Trump Administration has proposed cuts to Hanford.
Demolition of Hanford's Plutonium Finishing Plant is set to restart again soon.Last week, workers finished removing all remaining demolition debris that was left at the plant.Demolition was initially put on hold in December 2017 when dozens of Hanford workers and…
