Hanford Patrol union guards have been locked out of the Hanford site since their contract expired just before Thanksgiving.

Hanford Guards Union Local 21 is asking a federal court for an injunction to halt a month-long lockout and prevent its ...

According to the DOE, the alert and "take cover" orders have been lifted as of 6:39 p.m. and the leak has been isolated and ...

Employees have been instructed to remain inside site facilities, keeping doors, windows, and ventilation systems closed until ...

Workers in part of the center of the Hanford nuclear site were ordered to take cover indoors at 4:50 p.m. Friday. A large ...

The Department of Energy is unlikely to meet a deadline set by a federal court for the next step to prepare the Hanford site’s vitrification plant to treat radioactive waste for disposal.

In 1998, Hanford managers said they had been wrong to describe the tank leaks as insignificant for decades. It was only after a million gallons of waste had leaked into the ground that the DOE ...

Hanford radiation experts said if it had been a windy day, radioactive particles could've blown around and made the situation much worse. The DOE's own experts had warned the tunnels might ...

Negotiations between the Hanford Guards Union Local 21 and the U.S. Department of Energy Contractor Hanford Mission ...

KENNEWICK – Hanford Guards Union Local 21 is asking a federal court for an injunction to halt a month-long lockout and ...

The lockout of unionized guards at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is entering its fourth week with no resolution and both the ...