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(Runtime 1:13)Northwest researchers have discovered that turtle shells can help track radioactive material through time — like “walking tree rings.”…

(Runtime 4:00)On a warm evening last month, Yakama Nation leaders and environmentalists got together to eat giant crab legs, salmon and cheesecake – and…

(Runtime 0:49)Crews have contained a wildfire that sparked on the Hanford nuclear reservation in Eastern Washington this weekend.Lightning started a…

Congress recently allocated more than two billion dollars for cleaning up the Hanford site. Correspondent Lauren Paterson reports the funding is…

Northwest officials are preparing in case a radiological event should occur anywhere in the world. Their task would be to detect it, understand what it is and where it came from and tell the public how to respond.

Washington’s Grant County is exploring nuclear generation in an effort to generate more carbon-free electricity. The county’s Public Utility District recently signed a deal with Oregon-based NuScale Power to figure out if a partnership might work.

Scientists in Idaho this summer plan to remove the 62,000-pound stainless steel lid on one of the world’s most powerful nuclear test reactors for a rare internal overhaul.

The state of Washington has been after the federal government to keep Hanford cleanup workers from getting sick. On Wednesday, Sept. 19, they filed an agreement in federal court.

A Northwest company is aiming to build the country’s first house-sized reactor that can put electricity onto the grid.

A new report about the radioactive tank waste at Hanford says the cleanup could take decades longer and cost billions more than estimated. The document,…