Michael Houseman never envisioned a future in compost. He’s the kind of guy who wears a beard, a comfortable hoodie and a Tacoma Rainiers cap. He comes home from work dirty, and it suits him; he has ...

Community cleanup success: Over 200 volunteers removed debris from Lansing’s Grand and Red Cedar rivers during the annual Adopt a River event. Law on trash use: Washington state law prohibits putting ...

The Department of Energy is going forward with a contract award valued at up to $45 billion to a BWXT-led company to manage the Hanford nuclear site tank farms that store radioactive waste and the ...

Hanford site workers have reached a key environmental cleanup milestone, emptying radioactive waste from a second tank farm. “This is an important moment in our Hanford cleanup effort,” said Brian ...

The Department of Energy on Wednesday signed the paperwork needed to allow radioactive waste to be pumped into the Hanford nuclear site's vitrification plant 23 years after construction began, said ...

Some 2,000 gallons of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste that had been stored in underground tanks has been shipped off the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington for disposal after it is ...