Some 2,000 gallons of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste that had been stored in underground tanks has been shipped off the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington for disposal after it is ...

The Department of Energy Tuesday announced incentive payments of $89 million to five contractors working at the Hanford ...

Full disposal of nuclear waste from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Benton County, Washington at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant repository in Carlsbad, New Mexico could be delayed by ...

The Department of Energy on Wednesday signed the paperwork needed to allow radioactive waste to be pumped into the Hanford nuclear site's vitrification plant 23 years after construction began, said ...

The last piece of piping has been installed to move radioactive waste to the Hanford site vitrification plant, as final preparations are made to begin treating waste for disposal that has been stored ...

(TNS) — It's about to get a lot easier to dispose of waste in Whatcom, with the county Solid Waste Management Program unveiling a new digital tool on Friday, April 22. The tool, called Waste Wise, is ...

A third aging underground tank at the Hanford nuclear site is suspected of leaking highly radioactive and hazardous chemical waste into the ground, the Department of Energy said Thursday. “This is ...

Reducing food waste while helping food-insecure Washingtonians is a climate change solution that many of the state’s Democrats and Republicans can agree on, as illustrated by HB 1799, a bill that ...