BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Lewiston man filed a lawsuit claiming an industrial plant in Niagara Falls produced radioactive waste that resulted in his wife’s death. She died from breast cancer two years ...

A third aging underground tank at the Hanford nuclear site is suspected of leaking highly radioactive and hazardous chemical waste into the ground, the Department of Energy said Thursday. “This is ...

‘We understand that spent nuclear waste will generate residual heat, but experience in other areas (granite) suggests the ...

RICHLAND — More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as ...

First glassified Hanford tank waste canisters moved to lined landfill. Integrated Disposal Facility be permanent disposal site for vitrified waste. Landfill can only accept low level radioactive waste ...