Save the date! The Oregon Hanford Cleanup Board meets next Tues, 3/17 from 8:30am-12:30pm. Attend virtually on Teams to hear updates on Hanford cleanup from @departmentofenergy.bsky.social, @ecologyhanford.bsky.social, EPA & @odoenergy.bsky.social Meeting info: www.oregon.gov/energy/safet...
#ICYMI Watch the recording of Joanna Smolko's presentation! Joanna talked about how fallout shelters were featured in American popular music from the 1960s, including a deeper analysis of Bob Dylan's song "Let Me Die in My Footsteps". Check out the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtNi...
🔥☢️ There are 3 weeks left to submit a poem to our Hot Poetry contest! www.hanfordchallenge.org/hotpoetry
Check out the abecedarian poem where each line starts with the next letter of the alphabet. Read Sofia Torres’s poem "Hanford, my home", one of the poems that won using this style.
We're on week 35 of Hanfordle! Play and try to guess this week's Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=lidsd
#wordgames #hanfordle #wordlechallenge #wordchallenge #words
🎶 As we prepare for our Scholar Series webinar tomorrow at noon PT we invite you to listen to Bob Dylan's "Let Me Die in My Footsteps." Tune in to hear how 1960s popular music reflected public views on fallout shelters during the Cold War. Register today tinyurl.com/3jp6cdwm
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Mr. Keever is represented by Hanford Challenge, Mehri & Skalet & Smith & Lowney, PLLC.
➡️ See @hanfordchallenge.bsky.social's press release: www.hanfordchallenge.org/press-releases
➡️ Read the @tri-cityherald.com article: www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
The U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement of $3.45 million to resolve whistleblower claims brought by Hanford worker Bradley Keever against Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, alleging widespread timecard fraud at the largest nuclear cleanup project in the country.
🔥 Attention all student poets! 🔥 Ignite your creativity! Our nuclear waste-themed poetry contest is open & judged by Washington State Poet Laureate, Derek Sheffield.
💰Submit poems by 3/31 for a chance to win cash prizes.
🌟Winners announced in April.
www.hanfordchallenge.org/hotpoetry
🇲🇭 Today, March 1st, is Nuclear Remembrance Day for the Republic of the Marshall Islands—the anniversary of the detonation of the "Castle Bravo" nuclear test by the United States at Bikini Atoll on the morning of March 1, 1954. www.hanfordchallenge.org/remembrance-...
Play week 34 of Hanfordle and try to guess the Hanford-related word! mywordle.strivemath.com?word=ohrfv
Join us on Fri, March 6 at noon PT for a free webinar with Joanna Smolko, author of "Atomic Tunes." Explore how 1960s popular music—from Bob Dylan to Mike and Bernie Winters—reflected public views on fallout shelters during the Cold War. Register today: tinyurl.com/3jp6cdwm
Don't miss out on our biggest event of the year! Join us for an evening of celebration & fundraising to reflect back on our greatest accomplishments & look towards a cleaner future. Buy tickets now: hanfordchallenge.org/gala Use EARLY2026 for 15% off tickets & VIP tables until 3/31
🗣️ Are you struggling with how to start writing a poem for our contest? Try exploring the impact of nuclear waste from the perspective of a plant/animal that lives on the Hanford Site. A few of our favorites: www.hanfordchallenge.org/protect-this... Submit by 3/31: www.hanfordchallenge.org/hotpoetry
The 175-foot-tall concrete exhaust stack at the Hanford nuclear site’s defunct K West Reactor came crashing down Friday afternoon.
Read the @tri-cityherald.com article: www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
#hanfordjoke 🪰 What did the fruit fly say to the radioactive particle? You'll have to decode the joke to find out! And if you want to learn about the backstory, check out this article: www.neimagazine.com/news/insects...
🎶 SAVE THE DATE! Our free webinar series returns on Fri, March 6 at noon PT. Tune in to hear Joanna Smolko talk about fallout shelters in American popular music from the 1960s. The presentation will explore popular songs by Mike & Bernie Winters & Bob Dylan. Register: tinyurl.com/3jp6cdwm
Play week 33 of Hanfordle! Guess this week's Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=zfrie
#wordgames #wordchallenge #hanfordle #wordlechallenge #words #HanfordSite
Submit your poem to our contest: www.hanfordchallenge.org/hotpoetry
⚠️ How to build a 10,000 year nuclear warning: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
⚪️ 99% Invisible Podcast: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/ten-...
🐈 Ray Cats Solution: vimeo.com/138843064
🎶 Ray Cats Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=amn3...
Looking for a topic to kick-start your poetry writing? How would you warn future generations—hundreds of thousands of years from now—about the ongoing dangers of the Hanford Site & other areas contaminated by nuclear waste? Try using words/images/innovations to inspire your poem.
"For only the third time in nearly two decades, workers cut into the top of one of the nuclear reservation’s single-shell tanks... Before starting drilling into Tank A-106, they prepared by practicing on a mockup tank at Hanford’s Cold Test Facility." www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
🏹 Take your best shot at this week’s Hanfordle! We bet you can’t guess this Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=biegd
The Hanford Advisory Board meets tomorrow! Tune in for the virtual meeting on Wed, Feb 11 from 8am-12:15pm PT. Find the agenda and link to join the meeting here: tinyurl.com/37vphzc8
More info about our Hot Poetry contest 🔥☢️ www.hanfordchallenge.org/hotpoetry
Declassified photo resources:
📷 hanfordproject.com/photos.html
📷 drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Are you a student looking for guidance on how to begin writing a poem for our Hot Poetry contest? We've got you covered! It can be hard to know how to start a poem about nuclear waste. One idea is to choose a declassified photo from Hanford and write a poem inspired by it.
❓ Have you taken the Hanford Public Involvement survey yet? The Tri-Party agencies want to hear from you! Take the survey & share your thoughts on Hanford public involvement in 2025.
✅ Submit the survey by Feb 26th
✅ Available in English & Spanish
📲 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/ymsh3hms
Love for the HAB is in the air! 💕 Save the date: the next Hanford Advisory Board meeting is Wed, Feb 11 from 8am-12:15pm. This is a virtual meeting that is open to the public. Check out the meeting agenda for more info: tinyurl.com/37vphzc8
Play Hanfordle and guess this week's Hanford-related word: mywordle.strivemath.com?word=yscod
#wordchallenge #wordgames #wordlechallenge #hanfordle #HanfordSite #words
Get inspired to write by exploring Derek's published books and poems featured on his website: www.dereksheffield.com
Find more info about the ☢️🔥 Hot Poetry contest: www.hanfordchallenge.org/hotpoetry
We are excited to announce that Derek Sheffield is our 2026 Hot Poetry contest judge! Derek is the current WA State Poet Laureate who teaches at Wenatchee Valley College & Western Colorado University. Check out Derek's advice for poetry contest participants. 👀
The Hanford Challenge 2025 Annual Report is hot off the press! 🎉 Read about the highlights and challenges of 2025 and our look ahead to 2026. www.hanfordchallenge.org/annual-report
