April 11, 2023
Hanford Works Quickly to Restore Power After Fierce Windstorm
– A well-coordinated effort by EM Richland Operations Office contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) quickly restored power, repaired fallen utility poles and replaced transformers following a severe windstorm that hit the Hanford Site.
April 4, 2023
Hanford’s Vit Plant Shares Passing of Project Director Valerie McCain
Valerie McCain, project director of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) and a Bechtel senior vice president at the Hanford Site, died on March 26 following a short illness.
April 4, 2023
Hanford Invests in Lab’s Future with New, Modern Office Building
Two EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractors invested in advancing the waste cleanup mission with a new, state-of-the-art office building for the Hanford Site’s 222-S Laboratory support staff.
April 4, 2023
Hanford Plant Shift Operations Managers Reach Full Qualification
The Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recognized a significant team achievement recently, when the last of its eight shift operations managers finished a rigorous qualifications process.
March 28, 2023
Crunch Time: Demolition Crews Continue to Change Hanford Site Landscape
Crews with EM Richland Operations Office contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently demolished two contaminated buildings that supported the Hanford Site’s plutonium-production mission during the 1950s and 1960s.
March 28, 2023
Hanford Offers Innovative Respiratory Training Curriculum
EM Richland Operations Office contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently revised a respiratory protection course at the Hanford Site’s Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center.
March 21, 2023
EM Hosts Japanese Officials Visiting DOE Headquarters, Hanford Site
Representatives from the Japan Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF) visited EM headquarters in Washington, D.C., and the Hanford Site in Washington state last week
March 21, 2023
WTP Contractor Earns More Than 80% of Award Fee at Hanford Site
EM’s Office of River Protection awarded Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) approximately $6.5 million, or about 83% of the available fee, for work performed in calendar year 2022 at the Hanford Site.
March 21, 2023
One Hanford Contractors Collaborate on Emissions Sampling
Hanford Site contractors from the EM Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office recently shared valuable experiences with one another regarding sampling emissions from site exhaust stacks.
March 14, 2023
Hanford Resumes Tank Waste Processing
The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) have resumed processing tank waste through the Tank-Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) System at the Hanford Site following a second, planned maintenance outage.