Hanford Challenge

What We Do

The primary aim of Hanford Challenge is social change and transformation, influencing public policy, and changing cultural norms and mindsets in order to improve the cleanup activities at Hanford.

We hold Hanford accountable, protect whistleblowers, promote discovery of common ground among traditional opponents on the issue of Hanford, generate creative resolutions and foster collaborative opportunities for improvement. 

The desired outcome is a site that performs its cleanup obligations in a transparent, efficient, and creative manner, at a reasonable cost to the taxpayer, and in a fashion that protects worker and public health and safety, the environment, and future generations.

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Watch "Hanford Challenge: On the Brink of Hope," a new video that profiles Hanford Challenge, created by Kurt Guenther of Guenther Media, Seattle.

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Mission Statement

We will help create a future for Hanford that secures worker and public health and safety, advances accountability and promotes a sustainable environmental and economic legacy for the Tri-Cities and beyond.

Who We Are

Hanford Challenge is building off of the Govern ment Accountability Project Nuclear Oversight Program to create a new organization dedicated to transforming the clean-up at Hanford. We are approaching Hanford from a systems perspective with the goal of transforming the clean-up of the Hanford site to one that is protective of people, the environment and all affected communities.  We intend to work across the spectrum of interested groups to forge a common vision. 

 

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“Nothing poses a more dire threat to the Pacific Northwest than the millions and millions of gallons of deadly nuclear waste entombed at Hanford. After a half-century of accidents, leaks, spills, and cover-ups -- a half-century of government incompetence and complicity -- some have come to view Hanford as hopeless. But Hanford Challenge gives me renewed hope, because its leaders have the integrity, experience and determination to pull us back from the brink.”

- Denis Hayes, President, Bullitt Foundation