A large, but little-used Hanford building has taken on a second life, smoothing the way for the challenging task of removing radioactive sludge from underwater containers near the Columbia River. The ...

The Columbia River is safer this week after Hanford nuclear reservation workers removed the last of the highly radioactive sludge stored in underwater containers near it. The project came in ahead of ...

RICHLAND — The Columbia River is safer this week after Hanford nuclear reservation workers removed the last of the highly radioactive sludge stored in underwater containers near it. The project came ...

Nine years of preparation paid off this week as Hanford workers moved the first of the highly radioactive sludge out of the K West Reactor Basin not far from the Columbia River. "The sludge is some of ...