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In the early 1900s, Hanford and White Bluffs were bustling little communities with small, family-run stores, a weekly newspaper, two schools, an active farming industry, a small ferry and a little railroad called "Sagebrush Annie." Adding waste to Hanford will hurt cleanup process Editor's note: This column is in response to our editorial, "Environmentalists' aim off the mark on wastes." Read our view online at tinyurl.com/May9Editorial. Wide range of clean energy plans needed Nearly one year into his first term, President Obama is learning just how difficult it is, even for a popular chief executive, to get things done. Hanford Summit a step toward common goal For years, the issue of Hanford has polarized Eastern and Western Washington into pro-and anti-nuclear camps. It's a little tiresome. National Day of Remembrance: Hanford's Cold War patriots made us safer I am proud to stand today with residents of the Tri-Cities and Americans across the country to pay tribute to our nation's Cold War-era nuclear workers, particularly those of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. These Cold War patriots gave so much for our country. They sacrificed for our freedom and strengthened our collective future and I am so pleased to help honor them, and this community, with a National Day of Remembrance. Fluor Hanford did tremendous job As Fluor Hanford completes its 13 years of work at Hanford, it's important to note the company's many accomplishments, and congratulate the staff for their contributions to environmental cleanup and the Tri-City community. Herald editorial off base on Chu Leave it to the Tri-City Herald editorial board to imagine a rain cloud on a clear summer day in the desert. Group marks 15 years of cleanup consensus Along with the Tri-Party Agreement, the Hanford Advisory Board is celebrating a milestone anniversary this year. Hanford Reach center will open many doors Hanford Reach center will open many doors Is low-activity vitrification necessary? Make the vitrification plant bigger? Vitrify low-activity waste? No Yucca Mountain, no Hanford cleanup To understand how the cleanup of Hanford depends on a nuclear waste repository in Nevada, work backward. Following through on a warning to DOE The Hanford nuclear site is the most dangerous contaminated site in the United States. Unfortunately, the federal government has failed to meet its commitment to clean up Hanford. Our region needs an innovative plan Increasing environmental, economic and geopolitical pressures are forcing the U.S. to invest heavily in alternate energy and environmental technology to an unprecedented degree. DOE wants to find balance for tenants' access What we thought would be a straightforward process of gradually reducing the infrastructure impacts on Rattlesnake Mountain has ballooned into loud concerns about who should have access to the mountain and what activities should be allowed - not to mention attacks on the Department of Energy for making the change. Nuclear power talk should be civil The Herald and Chris Mulick are to be applauded for the informative article, "Is Nuclear Power Back?" on April 27. PNNL is Mid-Columbia's future TRIDEC and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's histories are inextricably linked going back to 1964, when the Atomic Energy Commission decided to diversify the Hanford site and separate the General Electric contract into several components. Research District gaining momentum While those involved in creating the new Research District entity appreciate the Tri-City Herald's supportive editorial of Sept. 10, it was a certainly a masterpiece of understatement. Atomic bomb left many memories in its wake Editor's note: In the spring of 1943, the U.S. government took over the towns of White Bluffs and Hanford for construction of a massive plutonium-production complex. The skeletons of a few structures are all that remain of the farming towns today. State agency provides right tools at right time Bridging the gap between having a great idea and turning that idea into a profitable business can be daunting and seemingly insurmountable. The Washington Technology Center is working to provide the right tools to help companies take their ideas to the marketplace. For nuclear cleanup at Hanford, failure is not an option The Nov. 1 Washington Post article, "Nuclear Cleanup Site Has Cities Cleaning Up Financially," does not reflect the true facts in the Tri-Cities. Nuclear no panacea for energy problems BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Nuclear power is getting its best press in years. More pundits are warming up to the peacetime atom than at any time since the 1970s. Energy crisis makes nuclear power a must WASHINGTON - There is a quickening of the pace. There is a feeling that after nearly 35 years of drought, some rain is going to fall on the nuclear meadow; that this year, or next, the first new nuclear plant in decades will be ordered in the United States. Trapping, relocating elk more effective than hunting on ALE Reserve Caving in to exaggerated claims of crop damage, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a "controlled" elk hunt on the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve portion of the Hanford Reach National Monument. Tri-Cities uniquely positioned for full university After attending the Tri-Cities Public Forum on Higher Education on Sept. 8, I was more excited than I ever had been about the possibility of a full university in the Tri-Cities. A higher call ; WSU Tri-Cities can shine brightly The multi-campus system of WSU is rare in higher education in that it truly is "one university, geographically dispersed." |
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