SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A deal to address two nuclear waste storage tanks that are leaking radioactive materials into the soil in Washington state was reached Thursday between the state and the U.S.

Two options that might speed up removal of radioactive waste from leaking underground storage tanks at Hanford will be evaluated, according to the terms of a settlement agreement reached Wednesday.

SPOKANE, Wash. — A deal to address two nuclear waste storage tanks that are leaking radioactive materials into the soil in Washington state was reached Thursday between the state and the U.S.

Hanford workers have emptied waste to legal requirements from two more of the nuclear reservation’s leak-prone underground tanks, including the first tank emptied with a new retrieval system. The ...

The U.S. Department of Energy says the rotting container holds 123,000 gallons of radioactive waste leftover from U.S. military bomb making. The giant tank was constructed during the Manhattan Project ...

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 ...

There are "significant construction flaws" in some newer, double-walled storage tanks at Washington state's Hanford nuclear waste complex, which could lead to additional leaks, according to documents ...