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Working to transform the Hanford Nuclear Site's toxic nuclear legacy into a model of safe and effective cleanup.
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☢️🔥 We’re hosting our 4th Hot Poetry Contest from Jan-March 2026 with winners announced in April! And we are thrilled to announce that current Washington State Poet Laureate, Derek Sheffield, is our contest judge! 🎉
Looking for a topic to kick-start your poetry writing? How would you warn future generations—hundreds of thousands of years from now—about the ongoing dangers of the Hanford Site & other areas contaminated by nuclear waste? Try using words/images/innovations to inspire your poem.
February 17, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Looking for a topic to kick-start your poetry writing? How would you warn future generations—hundreds of thousands of years from now—about the ongoing dangers of the Hanford Site & other areas contaminated by nuclear waste? Try using words/images/innovations to inspire your poem.
"For only the third time in nearly two decades, workers cut into the top of one of the nuclear reservation’s single-shell tanks... Before starting drilling into Tank A-106, they prepared by practicing on a mockup tank at Hanford’s Cold Test Facility." www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
Aging radioactive Hanford tank was cut into for just 3rd time in 20 years
22 of 149 underground waste tanks have been emptied at a rate of about one a year.
www.tri-cityherald.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
"For only the third time in nearly two decades, workers cut into the top of one of the nuclear reservation’s single-shell tanks... Before starting drilling into Tank A-106, they prepared by practicing on a mockup tank at Hanford’s Cold Test Facility." www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
🏹 Take your best shot at this week’s Hanfordle! We bet you can’t guess this Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=biegd
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
🏹 Take your best shot at this week’s Hanfordle! We bet you can’t guess this Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=biegd
The Hanford Advisory Board meets tomorrow! Tune in for the virtual meeting on Wed, Feb 11 from 8am-12:15pm PT. Find the agenda and link to join the meeting here: tinyurl.com/37vphzc8
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The Hanford Advisory Board meets tomorrow! Tune in for the virtual meeting on Wed, Feb 11 from 8am-12:15pm PT. Find the agenda and link to join the meeting here: tinyurl.com/37vphzc8
Are you a student looking for guidance on how to begin writing a poem for our Hot Poetry contest? We've got you covered! It can be hard to know how to start a poem about nuclear waste. One idea is to choose a declassified photo from Hanford and write a poem inspired by it.
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Are you a student looking for guidance on how to begin writing a poem for our Hot Poetry contest? We've got you covered! It can be hard to know how to start a poem about nuclear waste. One idea is to choose a declassified photo from Hanford and write a poem inspired by it.
❓ Have you taken the Hanford Public Involvement survey yet? The Tri-Party agencies want to hear from you! Take the survey & share your thoughts on Hanford public involvement in 2025.
✅ Submit the survey by Feb 26th
✅ Available in English & Spanish
📲 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/ymsh3hms
✅ Submit the survey by Feb 26th
✅ Available in English & Spanish
📲 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/ymsh3hms
February 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
❓ Have you taken the Hanford Public Involvement survey yet? The Tri-Party agencies want to hear from you! Take the survey & share your thoughts on Hanford public involvement in 2025.
✅ Submit the survey by Feb 26th
✅ Available in English & Spanish
📲 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/ymsh3hms
✅ Submit the survey by Feb 26th
✅ Available in English & Spanish
📲 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/ymsh3hms
Love for the HAB is in the air! 💕 Save the date: the next Hanford Advisory Board meeting is Wed, Feb 11 from 8am-12:15pm. This is a virtual meeting that is open to the public. Check out the meeting agenda for more info: tinyurl.com/37vphzc8
February 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Love for the HAB is in the air! 💕 Save the date: the next Hanford Advisory Board meeting is Wed, Feb 11 from 8am-12:15pm. This is a virtual meeting that is open to the public. Check out the meeting agenda for more info: tinyurl.com/37vphzc8
Play Hanfordle and guess this week's Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=yscod
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#wordchallenge #wordgames #wordlechallenge #hanfordle #HanfordSite #words
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Play Hanfordle and guess this week's Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=yscod
#wordchallenge #wordgames #wordlechallenge #hanfordle #HanfordSite #words
#wordchallenge #wordgames #wordlechallenge #hanfordle #HanfordSite #words
We are excited to announce that Derek Sheffield is our 2026 Hot Poetry contest judge! Derek is the current WA State Poet Laureate who teaches at Wenatchee Valley College & Western Colorado University. Check out Derek's advice for poetry contest participants. 👀
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
We are excited to announce that Derek Sheffield is our 2026 Hot Poetry contest judge! Derek is the current WA State Poet Laureate who teaches at Wenatchee Valley College & Western Colorado University. Check out Derek's advice for poetry contest participants. 👀
The Hanford Challenge 2025 Annual Report is hot off the press! 🎉 Read about the highlights and challenges of 2025 and our look ahead to 2026. www.hanfordchallenge.org/annual-report
January 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The Hanford Challenge 2025 Annual Report is hot off the press! 🎉 Read about the highlights and challenges of 2025 and our look ahead to 2026. www.hanfordchallenge.org/annual-report
🧐 Do you have what it takes to be a fallout shelter manager when a full-scale nuclear war breaks out? Take the quiz from 1973 & find out!
Read Alex Wellerstein's blog post to learn more about the fallout shelter experiments: tinyurl.com/ycxchtpj And yes, the final parenthetical is in the original!
Read Alex Wellerstein's blog post to learn more about the fallout shelter experiments: tinyurl.com/ycxchtpj And yes, the final parenthetical is in the original!
January 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM
🧐 Do you have what it takes to be a fallout shelter manager when a full-scale nuclear war breaks out? Take the quiz from 1973 & find out!
Read Alex Wellerstein's blog post to learn more about the fallout shelter experiments: tinyurl.com/ycxchtpj And yes, the final parenthetical is in the original!
Read Alex Wellerstein's blog post to learn more about the fallout shelter experiments: tinyurl.com/ycxchtpj And yes, the final parenthetical is in the original!
Play Hanfordle and try to guess this week's Hanford-related word! mywordle.strivemath.com?word=xojly
January 28, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Play Hanfordle and try to guess this week's Hanford-related word! mywordle.strivemath.com?word=xojly
Today, @thebulletin.org moved the Doomsday Clock from 89 seconds to midnight to 85 seconds to midnight. Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement here: buff.ly/mMOsTfq
#DoomsdayClock #EverySecondCounts #CadaSegundoCuenta #NuclearJustice #expandthestory #nuclearweapons
#DoomsdayClock #EverySecondCounts #CadaSegundoCuenta #NuclearJustice #expandthestory #nuclearweapons
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Today, @thebulletin.org moved the Doomsday Clock from 89 seconds to midnight to 85 seconds to midnight. Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement here: buff.ly/mMOsTfq
#DoomsdayClock #EverySecondCounts #CadaSegundoCuenta #NuclearJustice #expandthestory #nuclearweapons
#DoomsdayClock #EverySecondCounts #CadaSegundoCuenta #NuclearJustice #expandthestory #nuclearweapons
“This is a significant step forward for safety at Hanford,” said WA Gov. Bob Ferguson. “... Transferring these capsules of waste to safer, long-term storage will help protect workers, communities & the environment for generations to come.” @tri-cityherald.com
www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
Cutting lethal radioactive leak risks in Eastern WA takes major step
The capsules contain about 30% of all the radioactivity at the Hanford nuclear site.
www.tri-cityherald.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“This is a significant step forward for safety at Hanford,” said WA Gov. Bob Ferguson. “... Transferring these capsules of waste to safer, long-term storage will help protect workers, communities & the environment for generations to come.” @tri-cityherald.com
www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
The first Vertical Concrete Cask holding 121 cesium capsules from the Waste Encapsulation Storage Facility was moved to the dry storage pad this week! Woohoo! 🥳🥳 This is a huge accomplishment & we applaud the Hanford workforce & regulators for all their hard work on this high-risk cleanup project.
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM
The first Vertical Concrete Cask holding 121 cesium capsules from the Waste Encapsulation Storage Facility was moved to the dry storage pad this week! Woohoo! 🥳🥳 This is a huge accomplishment & we applaud the Hanford workforce & regulators for all their hard work on this high-risk cleanup project.
☢️🔥 We’re hosting our 4th Hot Poetry Contest from Jan-March 2026 with winners announced in April! And we are thrilled to announce that current Washington State Poet Laureate, Derek Sheffield, is our contest judge! 🎉
January 22, 2026 at 12:59 AM
☢️🔥 We’re hosting our 4th Hot Poetry Contest from Jan-March 2026 with winners announced in April! And we are thrilled to announce that current Washington State Poet Laureate, Derek Sheffield, is our contest judge! 🎉
Play this week's Hanfordle and guess the Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=zflpd
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Play this week's Hanfordle and guess the Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=zflpd
If you’re looking for entertainment this weekend, we encourage you to watch and sit with the recently released PBS film, Bombshell: www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
Bombshell | American Experience | PBS
Bombshell explores how the U.S. manipulated the narrative about the impact of the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
www.pbs.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM
If you’re looking for entertainment this weekend, we encourage you to watch and sit with the recently released PBS film, Bombshell: www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
The Tri-Party Agreement agencies want to hear from you! Take their online survey & share your thoughts on Hanford cleanup communications and public involvement in 2025.
✅ Submit the survey by Feb 26th
✅ Available in English & Spanish
📲 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/ymsh3hms
✅ Submit the survey by Feb 26th
✅ Available in English & Spanish
📲 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/ymsh3hms
January 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The Tri-Party Agreement agencies want to hear from you! Take their online survey & share your thoughts on Hanford cleanup communications and public involvement in 2025.
✅ Submit the survey by Feb 26th
✅ Available in English & Spanish
📲 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/ymsh3hms
✅ Submit the survey by Feb 26th
✅ Available in English & Spanish
📲 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/ymsh3hms
We're on week 28 of Hanfordle! Play and try to guess this week's Hanford related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=owkhd
January 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We're on week 28 of Hanfordle! Play and try to guess this week's Hanford related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=owkhd
TONIGHT! Don't forget to attend the public meeting tonight, 1/13 at 5:30pm PT. The agencies want to hear your thoughts on milestones that will address cleanup of soil, groundwater & legacy facilities at Hanford. Attend at the Richland Library or virtually via Teams. www.hanford.gov/pageAction.c...
January 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
TONIGHT! Don't forget to attend the public meeting tonight, 1/13 at 5:30pm PT. The agencies want to hear your thoughts on milestones that will address cleanup of soil, groundwater & legacy facilities at Hanford. Attend at the Richland Library or virtually via Teams. www.hanford.gov/pageAction.c...
Tune in for Hanford Advisory Board committee meetings this Wednesday and Thursday! The meetings are free and open to the public. You can attend in person at 2440 Stevens Center Place, Room 1600 in Richland or virtually via Microsoft Teams.
January 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Tune in for Hanford Advisory Board committee meetings this Wednesday and Thursday! The meetings are free and open to the public. You can attend in person at 2440 Stevens Center Place, Room 1600 in Richland or virtually via Microsoft Teams.
"The Congressional bill package that includes the fiscal 2026 spending plan for the Hanford nuclear site would increase its budget to a record level. It would boost money for Hanford by $277 million from the fiscal 2025 budget bill, for a $3.2 billion budget." www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
‘Record funding’ for WA nuclear cleanup passes House. Wins for other projects
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., used her powerful position in Congress to help Tri-Cities science, environmental and historical projects.
www.tri-cityherald.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
"The Congressional bill package that includes the fiscal 2026 spending plan for the Hanford nuclear site would increase its budget to a record level. It would boost money for Hanford by $277 million from the fiscal 2025 budget bill, for a $3.2 billion budget." www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
Public meeting tomorrow, 1/9! Tune in virtually for an Oregon Hanford Cleanup Board meeting focused on potential impacts to the Hanford mission should the Nuclear Regulatory Commission change regulations related to allowable dose rates. Agenda: www.oregon.gov/energy/safet... @odoenergy.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Public meeting tomorrow, 1/9! Tune in virtually for an Oregon Hanford Cleanup Board meeting focused on potential impacts to the Hanford mission should the Nuclear Regulatory Commission change regulations related to allowable dose rates. Agenda: www.oregon.gov/energy/safet... @odoenergy.bsky.social
Play week 27 of Hanfordle! Try to guess this week's Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=yiilp
January 7, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Play week 27 of Hanfordle! Try to guess this week's Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=yiilp