Hanford Challenge

04/10/2026

We're on week 40 of Hanfordle! Try to guess this week's Hanford-related word: https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=sokhc

04/09/2026

EVENT TOMORROW! Join us on Fri, April 10 at noon PT for a free webinar with Myrriah Gómez. Myrriah will discuss New Mexican Chicano author Rudolfo Anaya's writings about the atomic bomb and nuclear culture. Register today: https://tinyurl.com/3axnus47

04/08/2026

The first 7.5-ton container of radioactive waste turned into a stable glass form was carefully set on the bottom of a vast new landfill at Hanford in Eastern Washington Wednesday, its permanent disposal site. Tri-City Herald

Read more at: https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article315341218.html =cpy

According to Washington Department of Ecology - Hanford, "Nearly 70,000 gallons of tank waste have now been turned into glass, filling 47 containers as production ramps up at the Waste Treatment Plant."

Glassified radioactive waste is going into a lined landfill at Hanford.

04/08/2026

Join our team! Hanford Challenge is seeking law students who share our founder Tom Carpenter's passion for the environment, dedication to grassroots activism, and support for the underrepresented.

Send a cover letter and resume to [email protected] to apply for the Tom Carpenter Grassroots Activist Fellowship. For more info ➡️ https://www.hanfordchallenge.org/tom-carpenter-fellowship

04/06/2026

We encourage you to check out this creative project by Bombshelltoe: Illuminating Radioactivity: Elevating Our Understanding of Radiation. https://illuminating-radioactivity.com/

The advent of nuclear weapons fundamentally changed our emotional relationship with the term “radiation” irrespective of whether it is naturally-occurring or man- made, dangerous or benign. While nuclear anxieties made it easier to educate the public about radiation protection during the Civil Defense era, fear flattened “radiation” into an abstraction, extinguishing the potential for genuine education – one that evoked a sense of curiosity, wonder, and responsibility.

Illuminating Radioactivity offers a fresh approach to nuclear education: history and science literacy through narrative and visual arts. This project invites readers to see the invisible, and unpack our fears.

04/04/2026

The Trump administration is proposing a cut to the Hanford nuclear site budget of about $400 million, delaying some environmental cleanup projects. Tri-City Herald

U.S. Senator Patty Murray said in a statement, “Hanford is the largest nuclear cleanup site in our country, and it is not only dangerous, but costs more in the long run to cut corners on nuclear waste cleanup. Trump’s proposed budget is a slap in the face to the Tri-Cities, threatening the Hanford cleanup mission and the community with this absurd budget request.”

“(It) is not only dangerous, but costs more in the long run to cut corners on nuclear waste cleanup.”

04/02/2026

Play this week's Hanfordle and try to guess the Hanford-related word! https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=oowhc

04/01/2026

Check out the recording of Lovely Umayam's recent talk on our Scholar Series. Lovely discussed the mosaic of nuclear stories and images, why some images rise to the surface while others remain unseen, and the thinking eye. Watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIf2NxFShPQ

Links related to Lovely Umayam's talk:— Bombshelltoe Policy x Arts: https://bombshelltoe.com/ — Baron, Jonathon, and Stephen Herzog. "Public opinion on nucle...

03/31/2026

“They’re pulling away from what’s kept us safe all these years,” said Bradley P. Clawson, a retired worker who spent more than three decades handling highly radioactive materials at Idaho National Laboratory.

‘They’re pulling away from what’s kept us safe all these years.’

03/30/2026

⚠️ Attention students! ⚠️ This is your LAST CHANCE to submit a poem to our Hot Poetry contest. Poems are due tomorrow, March 31st, by 11:59pm. We will award cash prizes to at least one and up to 5 winners. Stay tuned for an announcement of the winners in April! Find contest guidelines, resources & submit your poem here: https://www.hanfordchallenge.org/hotpoetry We are so excited to read your poems! ☢️🔥

03/27/2026

We're on week 38 of Hanfordle! Try to guess this week's Hanford-related word: https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=qbzwd