Work crews in protective clothing work on the refueling floor at the Columbia Generating Station on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The water tank in foreground holds the used fuel rods and the reactor core ...

Steam rises from the Columbia Generating Station, near Richland, Wash., in a file photo from 2003. (AP Photo) By Robert McCullough Brent Ridge of Energy Northwest is very displeased that the cost ...

In May, 10 years earlier than required, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission extended the license of the Columbia Generating Station, the Northwest's only commercial nuclear power plant, to 2043.

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The outage at the Hanford nuclear power plant could extend into August. The Columbia Generating Station was supposed to restart by the end of this month after an 80-day ...

The Columbia Generating Station, a nuclear power plant at Washington state’s Hanford nuclear reservation, sits just one mile from the White Bluffs Solar Station. For the past three weeks ...

The Columbia Generating Station miscalculated radiation in a package of waste sent to US Ecology for disposal, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Tri-City Herald file Energy Northwest ...

The emergency planning zones for a radiation release incident at the Columbia Generating Station or Hanford Site. Courtesy: Franklin County Emergency Management There are three protective measures ...

(AP) — A delay in replacing a key piece of equipment at the nuclear plant on the Hanford nuclear reservation ... lost power production. The Columbia Generating Station shut down April 6 for ...