#Hanford Site

Author: Emily Conover / Source: Science News It’s open season in scientists’ hunt for gravitational waves. A trio of detectors are back on the lookout for the ripples in spacetime. And the newly souped-up machines could make this the most productive search yet. The two detectors of the Advanced

Just ten days after the emergency at Washington's Hanford nuclear facility in early May, when a tunnel collapse prompted concerns about radioactive waste fallout as we described then in "'Serious Situation' After Tunnel Collapse At WA Nuclear Facility; Evacuation Ordered, No-Fly Zone In Place", we

Just under two weeks since the emergency at the Hanford nuclear facility in Washington state (following a tunnel collapse), NBC's local affiliate King5 reports Hanford’s owner, The U.S. Department of Energy, is scrambling to deal with a second emergency - signs have emerged that a massive

Hanford Emergency Update: Destry Henderson, Spokesperson with the Hanford Emergency Center Missed latest @HanfordSite update? Watch here. Overnight air monitors show no signs of radiological release https://t.co/69M9C6iEGs #Hanford pic.twitter.com/Xpt7Cv13Qv — WA Emergency Mgmt (@waEMD) May 10,

Update 5: The Spokane Spokesman-Review reports that Gov. Jay Inslee was notified about the tunnel breach by the Energy Department and the White House on Tuesday morning. Inslee called the event “a serious situation.” “Federal, state and local officials are coordinating closely on the response,”