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Community Leaders Tour 324 Building Mock-up at Hanford

Leaders from the communities near the Hanford Site recently visited a mock-up where workers test and train on equipment.

Office of Environmental Management

November 13, 2018
Mike Douglas, deputy vice president of the CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company 324 Building Disposition Project, explains to Hanford Communities members how the mock-up helped identify and resolve issues prior to equipment installation at the 324 Bldg.
Mike Douglas, deputy vice president of the CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company 324 Building Disposition Project, explains to Hanford Communities members how the mock-up helped identify and resolve issues prior to equipment installation at the 324 Bldg.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Leaders from the communities near the Hanford Site recently visited a mock-up where workers test and train on equipment that will remotely remove radioactive soil from beneath the hot cells of the 324 Building, a former chemical laboratory near the Columbia River and city of Richland.

Richland Operations Office employees give Hanford Communities members a tour of the mock-up, which is intended to increase safety and worker confidence, providing employees with the opportunity to work in a non-hazardous environment.
Richland Operations Office employees give Hanford Communities members a tour of the mock-up, which is intended to increase safety and worker confidence, providing employees with the opportunity to work in a non-hazardous environment.

   “It’s a tremendous opportunity to help educate the community leaders who play an important role in Hanford Site cleanup,” said Mike Douglas, deputy vice president of EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company’s (CHPRC) 324 Building Disposition Project.

   This video helps illustrate the complex work underway at the mock-up and 324 Building.

   The leaders who visited the mock-up are from Hanford Communities, which represents Benton and Franklin counties and the four cities home to nearly all of Hanford’s workforce: Richland, Pasco, Kennewick, and West Richland. The organization’s members provide advice and support to RL on cleanup issues.

Members of Hanford Communities gather at the 324 Building Disposition Project mock-up.
Members of Hanford Communities gather at the 324 Building Disposition Project mock-up.

   Removal of the soil and the eventual demolition of the 324 Building is a top priority for RL and contractor CHPRC, and members of the public that Hanford Communities supports.

   “Completing this project is very important, and it was great to see the progress toward safe soil removal to keep the public safe,” said Pam Larsen Brown, executive director of Hanford Communities.

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