radioactive waste

(Richland, WA) -- Both the Washington State Department of Ecology and the U.S. Department of Energy say they have a plan responding to two underground tanks that are leaking radioactive waste. The DOE admitted that Tank B-109 is leaking the waste into the soil surrounding the tank...

The Department of Energy is awarding nearly $77 million in incentive pay to four contractors for their work at the Hanford nuclear reservation in fiscal 2020.

Remember that truck Newstalk 870 told you about full of old medical equipment radioactive waste that was stolen North of Mexico City?

For years it's been known that a number of the hazardous waste storage tanks at Hanford have been leaking, but awareness has been heightened after the U.S. Dept. of Energy confirmed six tanks are leaking several hundred gallons a year. Since taking office, Governor Jay Inslee had already been paying close attention to Hanford and has called for intensified effort on the cleanup...

Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy released information indicating one of the single-shell tanks at Hanford from 1945 is leaking.