Bo Jacobs20% funding cut for #Hanford cleanup?
"GOP budget plan in US House calls for cuts at Hanford #nuclear cleanup site”
RTN"
Hanford Safety issues raised after WA nuclear site lost 37% of fed staff under Trump cuts
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"Of particular concern at Hanford, were 29 engineers and scientists, including some federal project directors, that the GAO called “mission-critical staff.”"
"DOE has been losing knowledge at a rapid rate .."
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article315828772.html
21.5.2026
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #DOE #GAO #Hanford #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #USA
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GOP budget plan in U.S. House calls for cuts at Hanford nuclear cleanup site
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"While Hanford’s current legal target calls for glassifying all waste by 2052, the Department of Energy has internally moved those targets back to 2069, according to a 2021 report by the Government Accountability Office..."
21.5.2026
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #DOE #EPA #Hanford #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #USA
Hanford!
"The spill of cesium and strontium in the soil beneath the 324 Building is so radioactively hot that it would be lethal to a worker on direct contact within two minutes, DOE has said previously.”
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article276863128.html
The slow move away from fully funding the cleanup at #Hanford continues:
"Murray, union leaders warn of layoffs under Trump proposed Hanford budget”
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article315657038.html
Anytime a tank is emptied on purpose at #Hanford it is good news:
"Radioactive waste emptied from aging, leak-prone tank in Eastern WA"
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article315595925.html
#TheSpokesman:
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‘Slap in the face’: White House proposes $400M cut at Hanford nuclear site
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".. Hanford Office of River Protection is responsible for 56 million gallons of radioactive + hazardous chemical waste..."
".. hold on deactivation of the Hanford 324 Bldg. which sits over a leak of highly radioactive cesium +strontium 1000 feet from the Columbia River .."
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/04/slap-in-the-face-white-house-proposes-400m-cut-at-/
4.4.2026
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #ColumbiaRiver #DOE #Hanford #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #USA
'Slap in the face': White House proposes $400M cut at Hanford nuclear site
The Trump administration is proposing a cut to the Hanford nuclear site budget of about $400 million, delaying some environmental cleanup projects. On Friday the Trump administration released a topline budget request for the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2027, and DOE also released a more detailed Budget in Brief detailing the request. The DOE document listed the current budget for ...
They really want to walk away from the costs of managing “legacy waste”:
"Trump admin proposes $400M cut at #Hanford #nuclear site. ‘Slap in the face’”
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article315292066.html
DoomsdaysCWFrom 2013: Ten Most #Radioactive Places on Earth Mapped Out [GRAPHIC]
"Do you know the dirty side of the #NuclearIndustry? After researching this article by brainz.org, we were shocked to find out how truly awful our radioactive waste problem is and how it is going to be hurting us all, for a long time to come. Please take the time to read the links below, share this with your friends, and discuss solutions to these problems. ~ Jim Lee, #ClimateViewer News
"This list is not a definitive TOP TEN, it is simply ten very disgusting examples of nuclear warfare against the citizens of this world."
Read more:
https://climateviewer.com/2013/11/24/10-most-radioactive-places-on-earth/
#Hanford #Sellafield #Chernobyl #Fukushima #Mediterranean #Mayak #SomalianCoast #Kazakhstan #Chernobyl #Kyrgyzstan #EnvironmentalRacism #IndigenousPeoples #SiberianChemicalCompound #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #RenewablesNow #NuclearDumping #NuclearColonialism
