The Supreme Court agreed to review a Washington state law that extended workers’ compensation benefits to workers at a decommissioned federal nuclear production facility where employees suffered exposure to radioactive waste and toxic fumes. The case could have expensive consequences for U.S. government contracts related to hazardous work conducted on federal property. The Biden administration argues that the state law impermissibly intrudes on federal authority. The decision to hear the case, United States v. Washington, court file 21-404, an appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, came Jan. 10. The high court didn’t provide reasons for its decision, according to its custom. The case likely will be heard in the coming months. Since 1989, the U.S. Department of Energy has been overseeing the cleanup at the Hanford Site, a 600-square-mile site along the Columbia River in Washington state, which made weapons-grade plutonium for the Manhattan Project, …