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August 4, 2022
In this photo provided by NASA, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.. NASA's Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency's deep space exploration systems.
NASA Aims for Saturday Launch of New Moon Rocket
August 31, 2022
BAE Systems’ Combat System Mission Crew Workstation (CSMCW) is now qualified for the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Patrol Aircraft – adding to the aircraft’s mission capability.
BAE Systems’ Workstation Qualified for P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
August 30, 2022
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August 18, 2022
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Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.
August 4, 2022
In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, Ben Norton sips a red wine during a tasting at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in Woodinville, Wash. Washington, which now boasts more than 1,000 wineries in the state, has become a force in the wine industry. The state is the second-largest producer of premium wines in the United States, trailing only California.
Food & Beverage
WA now a Force in Wine World
In 2001 there were only 100 wineries in the state, and now there are more than a 1,000.
November 27, 2019
In this photo taken Oct. 15, a Cosmic Crisp apple, partially coated with a white kaolin clay to protect it from sunburn, is picked at an orchard in Wapato, WA.
Food & Beverage
'Cosmic Crisp' Apple to Debut at Grocery Stores
As the first apple ever bred in Washington state, it's expected to be a game-changer.
October 21, 2019
The Pend Oreille Mine closed on July 31, at a cost of about 200 jobs in an area of less than 1,000 residents.
Operations
Region Struggles as it Loses Biggest Employer
Many rural areas that depend on natural resource industries — logging, fishing, mining — are suffering.
August 12, 2019
In this March 6, 2013 file photo, workers are shown at the 'C' Tank Farm at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, near Richland, Wash. Conservation groups are alarmed by the Trump administration's proposal to rename some radioactive waste left from the production of nuclear weapons to make it cheaper and easier to achieve permanent disposal. The U.S. Department of Energy is considering a change in its legal definition of high-level radioactive waste, which is stored at places like the Hanford.
Regulation
Trump Wants to Reclassify Nuke Waste
Labeling it as a lower threat level would make disposal cheaper and easier.
December 10, 2018
Officials have ordered some workers at a sprawling Washington state nuclear waste site to go inside and stay there because steam has emerged from a tunnel filled with waste that was being filled with cement. The U.S. Department of Energy says in a statement Friday that there is no indication that the steam seen at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation contains radiation or any other hazardous material and that the workers were ordered inside as a precaution.
Safety
No Radiation Released in Hanford Leak
The leak was the second problem with aging tunnels at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in a year.
October 29, 2018
Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Washington.
Operations
Republicans Criticize Dam Spill
They say the water could be saved for irrigation and power generation.
April 16, 2018
This May 13, 2017, photo shows a portion of the Plutonium Finishing Plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. Officials say dozens of workers demolishing the 1940s-era plutonium processing plant there have ingested or inhaled radioactive particles in the past year, prompting a halt to the demolition of the plant until a safe plan can be developed.
Operations
Plant Demolition on Hold
Workers are being exposed to radiation as they tear down buildings that helped create the nation's nuclear arsenal.
April 9, 2018
In this May 9, 2017, file photo, an emergency sign flashes outside the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Benton County Tuesday in Washington state. The federal government is demanding that the company building a giant nuclear waste treatment plant in Washington state provide records proving that the steel used in the nearly $17 billion project meets safety standards.
Safety
Is the Steel in This Nuke Plant Safe?
The U.S. wants proof.
March 19, 2018
n this May 9, 2017 file photo, signs are posted by the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Benton County, in Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 that workers at Hanford have started injecting grout into a partially collapsed tunnel that contains radioactive wastes left over from the production of nuclear weapons.
Safety
Workers Start to Fill Collapsed Hanford Tunnel
It will take an estimated 650 truckloads of grout to fill the tunnel, which produced most of the plutonium for the nation's nuclear arsenal.
October 5, 2017
Ranchers are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture, seeking a return of labels that clearly identify meat produced in other countries and imported to the United States. The Department of Agriculture on Monday, June 19, 2017, declined to comment on a matter that is in litigation.
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Lawsuit May Return Country-of-Origin Labeling
Ranchers want to force meat to again be labeled if it's produced in other countries and imported to the U.S.
June 20, 2017
This image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows a 20-foot by 20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., Tuesday, May 9, 2017. An emergency was declared Tuesday after the partial collapse of the tunnel that contains rail cars full of radioactive waste.
Operations
Crews Cover Collapsed Radioactive Tunnel
The most dangerous radioactive waste at Hanford is 56 million gallons stored in 177 underground tanks, some of which have leaked.
May 23, 2017
A sign welcomes drivers to Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Benton County Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Richland, Wash. A portion of an underground tunnel containing rail cars filled with radioactive waste collapsed at a sprawling storage facility in a remote area of Washington state, forcing an evacuation of some workers at the site that made plutonium for nuclear weapons for decades after World War II.
Safety
Tunnel Collapse Raises Alarms About Nuclear
The toxic remnants of the Cold War are being stored in haphazard and unsafe conditions, and time is running out to deal with the problem.
May 11, 2017
In this July 9, 2014, file photo, a sign informs visitors of prohibited items on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. A new report says Congress should consider authorizing the Department of Energy to use grout to stabilize some of Hanford's radioactive waste, rather than a more expensive plan to turn it into glass.
Supply Chain
Debate Continues Over Nuclear Waste Disposal
A new report says encasing much of the nuclear waste in a cement-like mixture instead of turning it into glass logs is a faster, less expensive disposal process.
May 5, 2017
Reclamation work continues on toxic mine tailing piles above Railroad Creek on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest near Holden Village, WA in August, 2016.
Operations
Effort Stops Toxic Mine Pollution
It took a $500 million cleanup to contain contamination from the mine.
May 2, 2017