The Department of Energy staff at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington now has had almost 50 people in a staff of about 300 laid off and more cuts may be coming.
The reduction so far is about 16% of DOE’s Hanford workforce, which was 78% staffed when the layoffs were announced.
During World War II, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was the site of testing grounds where early scientists were trying to ...