Oregon Public Broadcasting

The federal government says it’s pressing ahead with the nation’s largest cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Last March, the Department of Energy said it’s spending around $2 billion in stimulus money for cleanup and to keep contaminants out of the Columbia River.   They’ll talk about the effort a public meeting in Portland Tuesday evening.

Anna King is our correspondent based in Richland, Washington, and she’s going to give us a preview.

Anna King is a correspondent based in Richland, Washington.  The public meeting about the Hanford cleanup is at 7 Tuesday evening at the Portland State Office building on NE Oregon Street.