Washington says Trump’s Hanford cleanup budget falls $1.5B short

Washington says Trump’s Hanford cleanup budget falls $1.5B short

President Trump’s proposed first federal budget for cleaning up the Hanford nuclear reservation falls far short of what the state says is needed.Hanford’s fiscal 2024 budget, which ended last September, was $3.035 billion. The feds budgeted $3.070 billion for fiscal 2025, which ends Sept. 30. Trump’s fiscal 2026 proposal calls for $3.070 billion.However, the Washington Department of Ecology estimated that $3.79 billion would have been necessary …