The first capsules of high-level radioactive waste have been removed from a water-filled pool at the Hanford nuclear site to prepare them for safer dry storage in steel-lined, reinforced-concrete ...

RICHLAND – Hanford nuclear reservation scientists will soon begin using a substance found in bones and teeth to stop radioactive contamination from reaching the Columbia River. After seven years of ...

Hanford moves 1st radioactive capsules from underwater storage. The capsules could break and release radiation in a severe earthquake. Dry storage should be safer and reduces maintenance and ...

THE fiery debate over whether the U.S. should halt nuclear tests is flaring up as the nation gets ready for this summer’s tests at Eniwetok. (Somehow it never seems to flare when the Russians are ...