Crews led by U.S. Department of Energy contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company have safely isolated and stabilized contaminated gloveboxes at the Waste Receiving and Processing facility, a key risk-reduction project on the Hanford Site.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management University Programs are building a workforce pipeline to help complete the legacy nuclear cleanup mission.
Interns at the Hanford Site helped improve how contract reviews are assigned, creating a tool that saves time, reduces errors and makes the process more consistent.
Advancing the Cleanup Mission
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s contractor for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently hosted more than 30 local teens at its annual Dream Big Day event with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties.
National Cleanup Workshop Video
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management and Hanford Site leaders highlighted cleanup progress and the path forward during a panel discussion at the National Cleanup Workshop.
After serving the Hanford Site’s water system for more than eight decades, the 283W water treatment plant is now officially offline. The facility treated and delivered about 2 million gallons of water daily for site operations.
For the first time since February, the Hanford Site’s Tank-Side Cesium Removal System is back in operation, pretreating radioactive tank waste.