Federal Lawmakers Propose 'Resource Center' for Hanford Workers

Two U.S. senators are proposing legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Energy to work with officials in Washington state to create a resource center to educate workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation about federal and state compensation programs for people injured on the job. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, both Democrats from Washington state, inserted language into the Fiscal Year 2018 Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill to address what they called ongoing concerns about the health of workers at the nuclear waste storage site. One provision ...