Columbia Generating Station, owned and operated by Energy Northwest, is a boiling water nuclear power reactor located about 10 miles north of Richland, Washington. Energy Northwest file But Friday ...

The jobs at risk include more than 8,500 positions across the Energy Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration — which upgrades and maintains the nation’s nuclear warheads.

Some 325 workers have been let go from the department's National Nuclear Security ... Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which carries out research on everything from nuclear energy to battery ...