Press Releases

2013

• Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Press Advisory and Questions for DOE Budget Roll-out, April 8, 2013.
• Press Release – Letter Opposing Shipment of Hanford High-Level Radioactive Waste to New Mexico, March 27, 2013.
• Press Release: Hanford Single-Shell Tank (T-111) Leaking Radioactive Waste, February 15, 2013.
• Manager of Environmental and Nuclear Safety at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Files Whistleblower Complaint in Federal Court, February 13, 2013.
• Hanford Whistleblower’s Testimony Leads to New and Improved Federal Contractor Whistleblower Provisions, January 2, 2013.

2012

• Press Release: Hanford Environmental Report Fails to Meet Legal Requirements, Falls Short on Cleanup, December 13, 2012
• Press Release: Double-shell storage tank leak discovered at Hanford, August 17, 2012

2011

• Hanford Challenge Statement: Bechtel’s Report on Safety Culture at Hanford finds No Problem, Blames Safety Oversight for Causing Hostility, December 1, 2011.  Here’s a link to the Bechtel Report.
• Lack of Nuclear Safety Culture to Blame for Vit Plant Costs and Delays, November 21, 2011
• Press Release: Suppression of Safety Concerns Intensifies at Hanford, August 13, 2011

2010

• Public Hearing on Making Hanford the National Radioactive Waste Dump and National Sacrifice Zone – March 8, 2010

2009

• Group Applauds Safety Reforms at Hanford:  DOE Making Significant Positive Improvements in Chemical Vapor Protection for Workers - June 25, 2009 – Link to DOE presentation
• Global Nuclear Legacy Project Takes First Step Towards International Hearings – June 8, 2009
• Global Nuclear Legacy Project Launches in Budapest, Hungary – May 13, 2009

2008

• Worker Compensation Program Injustices Revealed – October 1, 2008
• Hanford Concerns Council Releases Expert Panel Review of Toxic Chemical Vapor Report – September 29, 2008
• Hanford Pipefitters Win Final Round Against Contractor – September 4 – 2008
• Washington Closure Hanford Joins Hanford Concerns Council – July 29, 2008
• Hanford Challenge Urges Significant NRC Role in Vitrification Plant and Tank Waste Issues – February 12, 2008
• Nonprofit Launched to Transform Hanford Cleanup, Safety – January 23, 2008