2008

Department of Energy faces huge cost increases -- Tri-City Herald, October 7
NRC review finds DOE program to regulate vit plant OK -- Tri-City Herald, August 12
Is the Hanford Vitrification Plant an Eastern Washington boondoggle? -- KPLU, Richland, July 24
Energy Department Faulted for Mishandling Hanford Nuclear Waste -- Environment News Service, July 14
4 Real-Life WALL*E Robots Cleaning Up After Nuke Waste -- Popular Mechanics, July 1
About time for good news on Hanford cleanup work -- Longview Daily News, June 19
Tank waste retrieval resumes at Hanford -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 17
DOE looks at options for treating tank waste at Hanford -- Tri-City Herald April 21
Wyden raises concerns over quality control at Hanford's vit plant -- Tri-City Herald, April 9
Troubled Hanford cleanup has state mulling lawsuit -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 20

2007

'Umbrella' going over Hanford tank farm -- Tri-City Herald, October 31
Government to Fine Nuclear Contractor -- Forbes, October 5
Feds say work on Hanford plant to ramp up again within 30 days -- San Diego Union Tribune, August 15
Nuclear spill sends warning -- The Oregonian, August 6
Finger pointing after nuclear waste leak -- The Guardian, August 1
Hanford Vit Plant construction to resume in October -- KNDO/KNDU, June 3
State, federal officials discuss new deadlines for Hanford waste plant -- KNDO/KNDU, May 30
Wyden pushes Hanford 'accountability' -- KVTZ, May 10
Hanford pilot project maps underground leaks -- KOMOTV, February 21

2006

Hanford board questions tanks' capability -- Tri-City Herald, November 6
Vit plant quake measures approved -- Tri-City Herald, November 3
Addition of vit plant stacks changes Hanford's skyline -- Tri-City Herald, October 28
Hanford Advisory Board Hears Report on Tank Waste -- KNDO/KNDU, October 10
Hanford empties fifth tank, 144 to go -- Tri-City Herald, October 6
Department of Energy Missed key Hanford Cleanup Deadline -- KNDO/KNDU, October 3
Radioactive Leaks and Plumbers at Hanford -- CounterPunch, September 15
Hanford Tank Waste Evaporated -- KNDO/KNDU, September 13
CH2M Hill Announces a Fourth Hanford Tank Emptied -- KNDO/KNDU, September 13
Hanford Budget A 'Mixed Bag' -- KNDO/KNDU, September 12
'60 Minutes' Focuses on Vit Plant at Hanford -- KNDO/KNDU, September 12
Vit plant to cost $12 billion -- Tri-City Herald, September 8
Errors, Costs Stall Nuclear Waste Project -- Los Angeles Times, September 4
Hanford budget meeting failed to inform public -- Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, July 8
Hanford budget one step closer -- Tri-City Herald, July 2
Hanford vit plant funding restored -- Tri-City Herald, June 29
Cost for Hanford plant now stands at $11.55 billion -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 21
Oregon uneasy with Hanford study -- Tri-City Herald, June 4
Hanford cleanup needs stable funding, better management -- Paige Knight, May 26
Hanford vit plant must be built, but it must be built right -- The Seattle Times, May 25
Congress weighs slowdown of Hanford work -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 17
Feds recommend Hanford vit plant slowdown -- Tri-City Herald, May 15
House calls for reforms at vit plant -- Tri-City Herald, May 12
Nuke Waste Site Calamity Reflects Industrial Crisis -- The NewStandard, May 9
GAO Says Blame Shared for Hanford Vit Plant Costs -- Houston Chronicle, April 6
Price tag on Hanford plant rises again, by nearly $1 billion -- Caspar Star Tribune, April 7
Hanford news -- Paige Knight, April 6
Energy Department fines Bechtel for violations at Hanford plant -- KGW, March 17
Researchers develop alternate method to dispose nuclear liquid waste -- EurekAlert, February 22
Cost of Hanford vit plant could top $10 billion -- The Seattle Times, February 9
Hanford cleanup's costs, delays examined -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 3
Washington governor threatens suit over Hanford -- The Olympian, January 31

2005

Vit plant won't face $100 million more in cuts -- The Seattle Times, December 20
U.S. unveils report on problems at Hanford vit plant -- The Seattle Times, December 7
Tank waste cleanup attempts at Hanford -- The Seattle Times, December 1
Washington state leaders press Bush on Hanford cleanup cost -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 15
Senator rethinks Hanford cleanup -- The News Tribune, November 16
Hanford vs. Katrina: not a good argument -- The Seattle Times, November 16
Congress requires quarterly reports on Hanford waste treatment plant -- KGW.COM, November 11
Murray: Vit plant budget to be slashed -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 26, 2005
Federal board says Hanford waste plant is moving forward -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 18
Energy Department may not meet deadline for Hanford plant -- The Seattle Times, October 7
Hanford board baffled by DOE's reluctance on cost, schedule specifics -- Tri-City Herald, September 12
Hanford lab building lags behind -- Tri-City Herald, September 14
Construction slowdown on Hanford plant worries industry insiders -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 27
Hanford tank waste cleanup excels -- Tri-City Herald, August 17
Workers remove radioactive waste from third Hanford tank -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 16
DOE unlikely to meet Hanford cleanup goal -- Tri-City Herald, August 2
Hanford's Sludge Becomes Glass -- Forbes, August 1
Waste Mismanagement -- Forbes, August 15
Hanford plant gets deadline for plan to end construction -- The Seattle Times, July 19
DOE memo asks for plan on halting vit work -- Tri-City Herald, July 15
Hanford probe urged in Congress -- The Seattle Times, June 29
Ecology director expects fight over Hanford funding -- Corvallis Gazette-Times, June 18
Energy chief pledges cleanup effort -- Tri-City Herald, June 4
Vitrification plant construction costs go up -- The Seattle Times, May 26
Vit plant obstacles don't stop progress -- Tri-City Herald, May 4
Hanford contractor to lay off 700 vit plant workers -- Seattle Times, April 15
Activists consider tank waste cleanup tradeoffs -- Paige Knight & Rob Davis, March 7-8
Experts: Keep Cold War nuke waste at sites -- MSNBC, March 2
Quake would have more impact on vitrification plant -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 24
Hanford prepares to test tank waste bulk vitrification -- San Diego Union Tribune, Feb. 10
The National Academies: Two reports on radioactive waste at DOE sites -- The Energy Net, Feb. 3
DOE gets tank waste separation proposal -- Tri-City Herald, Jan. 5

2004

Vit plant work slows for review of quake design -- Tri-City Herald, December 23, 2004
Yucca Mountain and transportation of nuclear waste -- Paige Knight, December 23, 2004
Keeping wastes here at 'heart' of initiative -- Tri-City Herald, December 15, 2004
"bulk vitrification" -- Tri-City Herald, December 14th, 2004
How secure are radioactive waste shipments? -- Gerry Pollet, Heart of America NW, November 20, 2004
Abraham funded Hanford cleanup, but with strings -- McClatchy Newspapers, November 15, 2004
Cleanup threatened by November events -- Tri-City Herald, November 14, 2004
Washington voters pass Initiative 297-- Gerry Pollet, Heart of America NW, November 9, 2004
Court overturns ruling on Hanford tank waste -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 6, 2004
Nuclear waste gridlock looms, officials warn -- Tri-City Herald, November 5, 2004
Bill Allows Atomic Waste to Remain in Tanks -- New York Times, October 10, 2004
Bulk vitrification testing under way -- Tri-City Herald, September 1, 2004
Gigantic tank set at vit plant -- Tri-City Herald, August 19, 2004
DOE empties liquid from old waste tanks -- Tri-City Herald, August 13, 2004
Hanford waste project carries a high risk of accident, audit finds -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 27, 2004
Response to GAO Report -- DOE Office of River Protection Manager Roy Schepens, July 23, 2004
Cost of Hanford tank waste plant could quadruple -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 13, 2004
Pace of Hanford cleanup criticized -- Register-Guard, July 13, 2004
Cost likely to rise for tank waste vit plant construction -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 2, 2004
Hanford project to test bulk vitrification -- Tri-City Herald, June 22, 2004
Hard reality of cleanup at Hanford -- The Seattle Times, June 9, 2004
DOE to stop trying to bring Hanford sludge to New Mexico -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 7, 2004
Oregon's Heroine, Washington Senator, Maria Cantwell -- Portland IndyMedia, June 6, 2004
Unfettered federal ability to reclassify nuclear waste is ill-conceived -- Oregonian, June 3, 2004
Three Mile Island a million times over -- Oregonian, June 3, 2004
Senate OKs easing nuclear sludge rules -- MSNBC, June 3, 2004
The sludge in the defense bill -- The Oregonian, June 1, 2004
Waste reclassification fight comes to Hanford -- Tri-City Herald, May 28, 2004
Senate should halt nuclear waste plan -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 18, 2004
Report: The Savannah River at Grievous Risk -- IEER, May 17, 2004
Senate bill raises worries about Hanford waste -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 7, 2004
Waste reclassification talks stall -- Tri-City Herald, April 28, 2004
Reclassifying Hanford tank waste & sending to WIPP -- Albuquerque Tribune, April 22, 2004
Energy Dept. threatens no nuclear cleanup -- The Guardian -- April 7, 2004
The crisis at Hanford -- Paige Knight, April 7, 2004
States want ruling on DOE tank wastes upheld -- Tri-City Herald, March 26, 2004
$2.07 billion proposed for cleanup -- Tri-City Herald, Feb. 3, 2004
DOE not working with public on cleanup -- Paige Knight, Feb. 2, 2004
Rebar errors turn up again at vit plant -- Tri-City Herald, Jan. 30, 2004
Officials to review vit plant costs -- Tri-City Herald, Jan. 29, 2004
Letter asks for cleanup solution -- Tri-City Herald, Jan. 27, 2004

2003

A messy cleanup -- The Seattle Times, Dec. 6, 2003
Activists protest Hanford dump through initiative -- Western Front, Dec. 4, 2003
HAB questions postponing decision on waste melters -- Tri-City Herald, Nov 7, 2003
Tank waste treatment plan may be cheaper -- Tri-City Herald, Nov. 6, 2003
Hanford tank waste cleanup forum -- Rob Davis, Hanford Information Network, Oct. 31, 2003
False claims by DOE that renaming waste and using "alternative treatments" to vitrification will save $20 billion -- Gerry Pollet, Heart of American NW, Oct 24, 2003
Groups willing to mediate with DOE over tank waste classification issue -- Tri-City Herald, Oct. 19, 2003
Hanford tank waste forum -- Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Oct. 13, 2003
House votes against tank waste reclassification -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct. 3, 2003
Vitrification alternatives unveiled -- Tri-City Herald, Sept. 17, 2003
DOE's waste reclassification try opposed -- Tri-City Herald, Aug. 29, 2003
Waste pumped from tank farm reaches 3 million gallon mark -- Tri-City Herald, Aug. 21, 2003
History of Hanford Tank Waste Classification -- Allyn Boldt, Aug. 28, 2003
Touring the tank waste vitrification facility -- Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Aug. 16, 2003
GAO report criticizes DOE's approach to glassification -- Tri-City Herald Thursday, July 24th, 2003
Re: The Big Question -- Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, July 24, 2003
The Big Question -- Rob Davis, Hanford Information Network, Jul 21, 2003
Congress, DOE at odds over Hanford cleanup -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 18, 2003
Nuclear waste ruling could prove costly, warns Energy Department -- Seattle Times, July 8, 2003
Judge Voids Cleanup Plan for Wastes at Bomb Plants -- New York Times July 4, 2003
As Good as Glass -- Allyn Boldt, June 18, 2003
Vit plant likely to face delay -- Tri-City Herald, July 10th, 2003
Alternate tank waste vitrification method tested -- Tri-City Herald, June 26, 2003
Hanford tank waste hearing in Portland -- Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Feb. 25, 2003
Comments on tanks waste EIS scoping -- William Kinsella, Hanford Watch, Feb. 19, 2003
Is the Office of River Protection understaffed? -- Rob Davis, Hanford Information Network, Jan. 29, 2003
Ecology expresses "alarm" at ORP proposal to eliminate technetium removal technology from pre-treatment plant -- Tim Hill, Washington Dept. of Ecology, Jan. 29, 2003

2002

OOE tank waste comments -- Ken Niles, Oregon Office of Energy, Nov. 25, 2002
Letter regarding tank closure plan -- E.S. Aromi, CH2M HILL, Nov. 26, 2002
Letter regarding tank closure plan -- Roy Schepens, DOE Office of River Protection, Oct. 31, 2002
Ecology's letter to Roy Schepens on tank closure -- Paige Knight,Hanford Watch, Oct. 23, 2002
Recent reports about tank closures -- Tim Hill, Wa. Dept. of Ecology, Oct. 14, 2002
Letter from Wa. Dept. of Ecology to DOE Office of River Protection re tank waste cleanup -- Tom Fitzsimmons, Oct. 10, 2002
Redefining high level waste -- Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Aug. 6, 2002
Tank waste construction schedule -- Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, May 2, 2002
Vitrification plant design completion percentages -- Lynn Porter, Hanford Watch, April 26, 2002

2001

See Hanford email list archive.

2000

Paige Knight -- Tank waste meeting Oct. 26, 2000
Lynn Porter -- Federal tank waste cleanup legislation
Lynn Porter -- The firing of Dick French
Paige Knight -- The firing of Dick French

1999

Lynn Porter -- Tank waste vitrification contract
Paige Knight -- Tank waste vitrification project

1998

Paige Knight -- Looking for a MORP for ORP

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 20, 2008