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A First Glimpse Of Hanford’s Tunnel 2 As Work Continues To Prevent Another Hazardous Collapse

By Anna King December 19, 2018

A new sign graces the entrance onto the Hanford site near Richland, Washington. CREDIT: ANNA KING

In the middle of Hanford's desert, there’s a tunnel that stretches a third of a mile underground. Anna King got a first-of-its kind look at how work is progressing to prevent another collapse at one of the tunnels willed with radioactive waste. Read More

Hanford Workers Get ‘All Clear’ After Shelter Indoors Order During Tunnel-Filling Operation

By Courtney Flatt October 26, 2018

This photo from Hanford shows where workers observed steam from one of the PUREX plant tunnels Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. CREDIT: US DEPT. OF ENERGY

Officials at the Hanford Nuclear Site ordered workers to stay indoors Friday morning as a precaution. They discovered steam rising from an unexpected part of a tunnel filled with highly contaminated waste. By mid-day, officials had announced they found no contamination. Read More

State And Federal Regulators Discuss New Plans For Cleaning Up Hanford Waste

By Cassandra Profita October 16, 2018

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Federal and state energy regulators will hold back-to-back meetings in Portland and Seattle for a proposal to reclassify some of the high-level nuclear waste at the Hanford Nuclear Site. Continue Reading State And Federal Regulators Read More

Works Starts On Grouting 2nd Waste-Filled Hanford Tunnel, With Aim Of Preventing Another Collapse

By Anna King October 2, 2018

In this file photo taken June 13, 2017, the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant, right, stands adjacent to a dirt-covered rail tunnel, left, containing radioactive waste, amidst desert plants on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, that workers have finished stabilizing the partially-collapsed tunnel containing radioactive wastes left over from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS

Work began this week to fill a roughly 1.3-mile-long tunnel with grout at the Hanford Nuclear Site. The tunnel is filled with highly hazardous radioactive waste. Continue Reading Works Starts On Read More

Partially Collapsed Hanford Tunnel Filled, But Concerns And Cleanup Work Remain

By Anna King November 14, 2017

Hanford’s Tunnel 1 has been grouted up to protect the public from further collapse at the southeast nuclear site. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Listen Remember the old train tunnel that partially collapsed at the Hanford nuclear site early this year? Government contractors have just finished filling it with grout. It’s taken nearly 520 truckloads of grout to… Read More

Hanford Crews Nearly Ready To Seal Up Tunnel With Grout

By Anna King October 2, 2017

Hanford workers place a metal box into the soil covering the collapsed portion of Tunnel 1 at Hanford. Grout pipes will be installed through that metal box, down inside the tunnel. CH2M HILL PLATEAU REMEDIATION COMPANY Listen Crews at the Hanford Site in southeast Washington state are running through rehearsals and last minute details.… Read More