KENNEWICK — The Department of Energy appears to have enough money for four weeks of operations during the federal government shutdown, according to state officials at the Oregon Hanford Cleanup Board’s virtual meeting Tuesday.

With little information about the shutdown specific to Hanford released to the public by the Department of Energy, officials at the meeting discussed what they had heard or surmised about the nuclear site.

After the cleanup board meeting, DOE said in a statement that its “Hanford site is not currently experiencing a lapse in funding and continues to operate in a normal capacity, with staff reporting to work and carrying out the Hanford mission safely.”

Environmental cleanup work at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington appears to be continuing as usual fo

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