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The Hanford triangle, where radiation, engineers and Gov. Jay Inslee meet
For the governor, newly-leaking tanks of radioactive waste made a trip to Eastern Washington the biggest thing on his agenda this week.
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Hanford would like to send nuclear waste to reluctant New Mexico
Gov. Jay Inslee sees an out-of-state shipping arrangement as way to ease waste problems at troubled nuclear reservation.
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Feds will slash Hanford cleanup workers
A new letter details layoffs and furloughs for workers at the heavily polluted nuclear storage facility.
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Exclusive: Inslee looks ahead to goals, metrics and financial challenges
The governor hopes to make significant progress on education this year, in part with money from closing unproductive tax exemptions. But hard-to-control factors are in play.
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Inslee worries over new tank leaks at Hanford, fed response
A half-dozen tanks are leaking radioactive wastes and the feds are looking for more. With the federal budget fight looming, the governor worries about a loss of focus on the cleanup.
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Inslee pushes for look at climate options
The governor goes to the Legislature to push personally for a broad look at how to battle global warming.
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Inslee proclaims no tolerance for Hanford leaks
Authorities have discovered a new leak among single-shell tanks for nuclear waste storage.
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Powerful congressman demands Hanford answers
Rep. Ed Markey wants to know whether one facility is needed. And he cites nuclear safety issues and cost concerns around unresolved technical questions to request a halt in some work.
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OK, Hanford: Time to start listening to whistleblowers
Another high-level Hanford official has quit, after the Department of Energy ignored a memo he sent warning about potential meltdowns at the nuclear ranch's waste treatment facility, currently under construction.
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State, feds are extending Hanford cleanup deadlines
State officials say delays means that the work will be done more effectively.
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Hanford leak brings call for new underground tanks
An advisory board has recommended the federal Department of Energy install new tanks to replace aging ones. No commitment from the feds so far.
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Is the Department of Energy trying to smother Hanford critique?
New rules imposed by the Department of Energy would limit the terms of Hanford Advisory Board members, but members say they're just trying to keep outspoken advocates of more stringent nuclear clean-up practices quiet.
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Design of Hanford cleanup questioned
A new memorandum from the U.S. Department of Energy raises the possibility that the government may have to switch contractors for designing a key plant.
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Hanford's 'safe' storage tanks: Leaking again?
A 3-foot piece of highly radioactive gunk may or may not have just leaked out of Hanford's supposedly solid, double-walled storage tanks.
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