Hanford Watch


Columbia River

2010


Hanford barrier plan better block vs. waste in river -- Tri-City Herald, June 22

2009

Hanford gets deadlines to fix underground contamination -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 8
Looking for signs of contamination in Hanford-area fish -- Tri-City Herald, August 9
Construction Begins On Hanford Treatment Plant -- OPB, July 23
Radioactive waste cleanup has hardly begun -- Mother Nature Network, April 21

2008

Sampling seeks Hanford contaminants in Columbia -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 2
DOE to build system to treat ground water plume at Hanford -- Tri-City Herald, October 3
Vegetable oil in recipe for Hanford cleanup -- Tri-City Herald, August 21
Energy Department accelerates groundwater cleanup at Hanford -- Seattle Times, March 12

2006

Second Round of Chemical Barrier Injections at Hanford Complete -- KNDO/KNDU, September 28
Radioactive Leaks and Plumbers at Hanford -- CounterPunch, September 15
GAO report on DOE's efforts to protect the Columbia River -- Hanford email list, September 6
Columbia River toxins moving up food chain -- The Seattle Times, July 10

2005

High Levels of Radioactivity Found in Columbia River Clams -- The RadioActivist Campaign, March 15

2004

Radioactive Waste In Columbia Riverbed To Be Checked By Ecology Department -- The RadioActivist Campaign, July 1

2003

A messy cleanup -- The Seattle Times, Dec. 6, 2003
Activists protest Hanford dump through initiative -- Western Front, Dec. 4
Radiation Peril In River Rising, Scientist Says -- Spokesman-Review, Oct. 19