Hanford

Peacetime applications of nuclear energy are showcased in historic footage of the Hanford reactor.

What's inside these mysterious capsules that seemingly sneak by sleeping Tri-City residents in the early morning hours? Over 130 of them have been shipped up the Columbia River and through Tri-Cities since the 1980s.

Not many locals know the story of the USS Triton (SSRN 586) submarine sail and how its superstructure ended up in Richland or that you can schedule a guided tour inside the original conning (raised platform tower) and control room.

A declassified government study that was conducted in 1950 presents the potential effects on the Hanford site after a direct hit of an atomic bomb on Grand Coulee Dam.

As the weather gets warmer and the urge to get outside gets stronger many of us rush to hike Badger or Red Mountain trails but there are other less crowded options with just as spectacular views – and you’ll feel like you’re in a different world.

The DOE has launched the first Request for Information (RFI) in hopes of bolstering utility scale carbon pollution free electricity projects.

The camp was built as part of a negotiation between the government and area farmers whose orchards were taken out due to Manhattan Project.

Early screeners of the movie have been saying that the Oppenheimer movie essentially ignores the contributions of the Hanford site and many employees who helped secure the necessary nuclear material for the bomb in secret.

The Evironmental Management Office of River Protection, through the US Energy Department, announced that work has begun on the final single shell tank farm on the Hanford Site.

The sail is now part of the Port of Benton park in north Richland