Nuclear waste tanks are constructed early in Hanford’s development. (U.S. Department of Energy) A federal proposal to move radioactive nuclear waste from Washington through Oregon and onward to Utah ...

The waste could instead be solidified at Hanford or in Richland, keeping jobs in Tri-Cities area.

The Department of Energy will take more time to make a potentially controversial decision on where radioactive liquid waste from the Hanford nuclear site’s underground tanks will be turned into a ...