U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry tours the HAMMER training facility in Richland, Washington. ANNA KING / NORTHWEST NEWS NETWORK Listen U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry toured […]Read More
File photo of the Plutonium Finishing Plant at Hanford prior to demolition. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Listen Back in June, there was an emergency at the Hanford nuclear site […]Read More
Sue Olson, 94, was a Manhattan Project era secretary at Hanford during World War II. She locked her filing drawer anytime she left her office. CREDIT KAI-HUEI YAU Listen […]Read More
Listen Originally published on October 1, 2015 In southeast Washington state, a group of farms has been frozen in time. It’s at Hanford, the area the federal government took over […]Read More
Zelma Maine Jackson says she’s the only African-American woman geologist perhaps for hundreds of miles. KAI-HUEI YAU This story was originally published AUG 4, 2015. In the West, there aren’t […]Read More
Natalie Swan, a member of the Yakama Nation, says Hanford is a special place that will always hold great value for the Yakama people. KAI-HUEI YAU Listen This story […]Read More
Shirley Olinger, left, her daughter Sarah McCormick and mother Kazuko [Ozaki] Nishimoto have strong connections with Hanford. KAI-HUEI YAU Listen Wherever she was, she stood out for being half white, […]Read More
