New investigation planned into Hanford’s safety culture
RICHLAND, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Energy plans to launch a new investigation into safety culture at Hanford’s waste treatment plant, Deputy Secretary Dan Poneman reported to workers at the plant...
View ArticleUpdate: Hanford whisleblower says DOE too cozy with contractors
RICHLAND, Wash. – A high-level Hanford whistleblower is accusing the Department of Energy of being too cozy with its contractors at the federal nuclear reservation.Walter Tamosaitis made that...
View ArticleHanford workers raise safety concerns, test DOE commitment
RICHLAND, Wash. – More Hanford workers are starting to raise safety concerns about a massive nuclear waste treatment plant under construction in southeast Washington.A federal nuclear watchdog agency...
View ArticleHanford contractors work to reassure workers about safety
RICHLAND, Wash. – The heads of two Hanford Nuclear Reservation contractors tried to reassure workers with a memo this week. It says there is a strong safety culture on the massive waste treatment plant...
View ArticleRead the entire Bechtel and URS letter to employees
A message from Frank Russo, WTP Project Director, and Bill Gay, WTP Deputy Project DirectorFellow WTP employees,Over the past several weeks, there have been reports about the Department of Energy's...
View ArticleHanford union raises concerns with waste treatment plant
Hanford contractors are welding the lids onto massive waste mixing tanks later this week. That’s despite serious concerns being raised by engineers at the plant in southeast Washington. A labor union...
View ArticleBechtel to conduct survey on safety culture at Hanford
RICHLAND, Wash. – A key contractor at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation said Monday it will have nuclear experts review its safety culture. Bechtel has been under fire at the southeast Washington nuclear...
View Article6 Hanford waste workers quit over drug testing
RICHLAND, Wash. — Six workers at a Hanford radioactive waste disposal site decided to quit rather than submit to drug testing after a baggie of marijuana was found in building at the landfill called...
View ArticleHanford’s waste treatment plant to undergo large scale testing
RICHLAND, Wash. – The Department of Energy says this fall they'll start large-scale testing on how to treat 56 million gallons of radioactive sludge at the currently under-construction Hanford's waste...
View ArticleHanford sets record for groundwater treatment in November
RICHLAND, Wash. – The Hanford Nuclear Reservation is treating more contaminated groundwater than ever before. In November alone, pumping stations at the southeast Washington site churned out a record...
View ArticleDespite strides, safety culture still in question at Hanford site
RICHLAND, Wash. – The Department of Energy says a Hanford contractor tried to interfere with an investigation into nuclear safety at the site. That’s according to letters from top Energy officials in...
View ArticleRecent reports spur controversy over Hanford's waste treatment plant
RICHLAND, Wash. – News out of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation can sometimes sound like just one critical report after another. In fact, last week a federal watchdog agency said Hanford’s massive...
View ArticleInslee says at least seven tanks at Hanford leaking
RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington Governor Jay Inslee says at least seven tanks of radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are leaking, not two. He says the Department of Energy and its...
View ArticleInslee expresses concern over Hanford leaks, other areas of site
RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington Governor Jay Inslee Wednesday expressed his continuing apprehension over the tank leaks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington.
View ArticleRegulators say leaking Hanford tanks pose no threat to locals
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Environmental regulators are assuring lawmakers in Olympia that leaking radioactive material from tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has not yet reached ground water.
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