U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse personally invited the new U.S. Secretary of Energy to tour the Hanford site so she can familiarize herself with the country’s largest defense nuclear cleanup site. Jennifer GranholmSecretary of EnergyNewhouse, whose district includes Hanford, wants Secretary Jennifer Granholm to see the complicated undertaking for herself. In...
The Hanford nuclear site cleanup work happening in our backyard costs billions of dollars and relies on a complicated network of companies, favorable-to-Hanford political winds and the talents and time of its many workers. This complex cleanup project has long been a driver of the Tri-City economy, involving many contracts,...
Tri-City residents continue to reap the benefits from continued cleanup work at the Hanford site years after plutonium production ceased. Hanford spending supports about two jobs for every employee hired with federal dollars.“The whole community benefits substantially, regardless of whether you’re a car dealership in Pasco, a restaurant in West...
Hanford is one of this country’s greatest public works projects, both during a national security mission that lasted for more than four decades in the last century and during its current cleanup mission.Just as our Hanford workforce overcame challenges to deliver for our nation in the past, we are proudly...
In the spring, Tri-City community members with science backgrounds are called upon to help judge science fairs, teach at Salmon Summit and educate the public at the Hanford Health and Safety Expo.Our Nuclear Waste Program, one of the agencies overseeing Hanford cleanup, usually supports those events in force.Not this year,...
Industrial developers will get a shot at buying sites 200 acres and larger in north Richland as soon as next year. (Courtesy Port of Benton)It’s been five years since the U.S. Department of Energy transferred 1,600-plus acres from the Hanford reservation to Tri-City control for eventual development. It’s been four...
The vit plant entered this new decade looking different than ever before.And we are well positioned for another transformational year in 2020. We are driving toward spring 2021 when we will heat up the first of two melters inside the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization...
Now in our 12th year as Hanford’s tank operations contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) is honored and proud of the legacy it has built in advancing the nation’s largest and most complex environmental cleanup mission.On behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, WRPS has protected the environment and the...
Editor's note: The General Accounting Office rejected a bid protest related to the Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract on April 22. This story has been updated to reflect the development.The status of a handful of the major contracts remains up in the air at the Hanford site, the U.S. Department...
Hanford’s major contractors continue to make significant achievements at the site, including demolitions, new construction and wastewater treatment as part of ongoing cleanup efforts.A major accomplishment was celebrated in winter 2020 with the demolition of the Plutonium Finishing Plant’s main processing facility, a result of work by CH2M HILL Plateau...
