Advocates for cleaning up a former nuclear weapons production site in Washington state are outraged that the Trump administration is proposing a $700 million budget cut next year.
The proposal released Monday called for cutting the annual Hanford cleanup budget from about $2.5 billion to about $1.8 billion.
Such a budget cut is almost certain to delay the cleanup, which is on a legally-enforced schedule.
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington was created as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II as the nation raced to create nuclear weapons.