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Hanford Nuclear Reservation

The southeastern Washington site that helped end WWII. Now one of the most irradiated locations on the planet.

News >  Pacific NW

Oppenheimer designed the 1st atomic bomb. A secret site in Eastern Washington fueled it

Without a secret site in Eastern Washington, there would be no "Oppenheimer" movie nor a start to the atomic age as the world knows it. The biographical thriller opening Friday focuses on theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer's work at Los Alamos, N.M., that led to the first detonation of an atomic bomb and the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, shortly after that test.
News >  Pacific NW

E. Washington officials try again to fire up world’s largest radioactive waste melter

Jun. 26—A second attempt began on Saturday to heat up the world's largest radioactive waste melter to turn waste into a stable glass form at the Hanford nuclear reservation site. It's a significant step toward getting the massive Hanford vitrification plant operating after construction started 21 years ago and a crucial step toward getting millions of gallons of radioactive waste treated and ...
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Hanford contractor admits coronavirus aid fraud, will pay $2.9 million in restitution

HPM Corporation, which has held the occupational medicine services contract at the former nuclear weapons production plant in Benton County for a decade, applied for and received a $1.3 million loan from the federal government in April 2020 following passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Federal investigators allege that money sat in a bank account for more than a year, rather than being used to pay employees, rent or mortgage expenses or utilities. 
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Rattlesnake Mountain access issue strikes chord in Tri-Cities

CONSERVATION -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting public comments on options for access to Rattlesnake Mountain, a choice ridge of high ground near the Tri-Cities formerly restricted as a buffer to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Comments will be accepted until Nov. 13,...