GOP budget plan in US House calls for cuts at Hanford nuclear cleanup site

By: John Stang

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: May 21, 2026

Words: 696

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Cuts that Republicans in the U.S. House are seeking to the nuclear cleanup at Washington’s Hanford site would go deeper than steep reductions the Trump administration proposed.

Hanford’s fiscal 2026 budget is almost $3.3 billion. The Trump administration wants to chop that by roughly $400 million. The GOP-controlled House wants to subtract another $55 million. The Republican-dominated Senate has yet to unveil its proposal.

The combined proposed cuts translate to a $2.77 billion Hanford budget …

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