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Hanford landfill has taken 20 million tons of waste since 1996 and is expanding

At the centre of Washington state’s sprawling Hanford Site, an enormous engineered landfill is being made larger as one of the United States’ biggest environmental cleanup programmes continues. According to the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (ERDF) has been receiving waste since 1996. Over that…

The Times of India · Oct 2

1,500 residents were displaced from Hanford in 1943; 83 years later, the Washington site holds about 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous waste

In 1943, residents were uprooted from their homes to create the Hanford nuclear site, which played a crucial role in generating plutonium for the United States during significant wartime events and the Cold War. Currently, more than fifty million gallons of hazardous waste remain stored in aging tanks, many of…

The Economic Times · Sep 1

The nuclear arms race's legacy at home: Toxic contamination, staggering cleanup costs and a culture of government secrecy

Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project – the World War II program to develop nuclear weapons. As the anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, approach, it’s a timely moment to look further…

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2023

Mike Pence stumps for a California Republican who voted to impeach Trump at Fresno stop

Former Vice President Mike Pence stopped in Fresno, California, on Monday to boost the re-election bid of Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford.

Tribune News Service · Oct 18, 2022

Nuclear waste ravaged their land. The Yakama Nation is on a quest to rescue it

A generation after it was decommissioned, tribal members are still working to clean up the Hanford nuclear site, one of the most contaminated spots in the US

The Guardian - US · Aug 20, 2022

California Rep. David Valadao voted to impeach. Can he keep his seat if Trump stays quiet?

HANFORD, Calif. — The moment Rep. David Valadao and nine other House Republicans voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol, they were all engulfed in a wave of backlash — outraged conservatives back home, challengers eager to oust them, and Trump’s constant commentary casting…

Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2022