Experts have said the Hanford Site in Washington is an underground Chernobyl waiting to happen. Here's what the most toxic ...

In 1982, the Washington Public Power Supply System — a consortium of 28 public utilities including Seattle City Light — halted construction of four nuclear reactors at Hanford and Satsop ...

In 2023, our Clark Public Utilities commissioners voted to contribute $200,000 to Energy Northwest to pursue small modular nuclear reactors at Hanford. Questions and concerns were raised by ...

But one project on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is progressing at a much lower price. The federal government is moving forward with the “cocooning” of eight plutonium production reactors at ...

Gov. Jay Inslee got his first look inside the Hanford site’s historic B Reactor on Friday, and came away impressed not only with the advanced physics achievement but the craftsmanship he saw.

The reactors weren't all built at once but over a 20-year period from 1943 to 1963. Hanford produced 67 metric tons of plutonium in all. That's a little less than the weight of 10 African elephants.

The White Bluffs near the Hanford Site.Greg Vaughn /VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The area stretched along the Columbia River, covering hundreds of acres. The B Reactor was the ...

The Hanford Site is the most polluted area in the US, though cleanup started decades ago. Estimates say it will take decades more and up to $640 billion to finish the job. The site just received ...