The Hanford H2C team advances its mission by safely retrieving and treating tank waste, achieving historic milestones and driving continuous improvement through six core values.
After a historic year, the state Department of Ecology is focused on building on the momentum to ensure Hanford cleanup protects human health and the environment for current and future generations.
Our work focuses on reducing legacy environmental risk while stabilizing and modernizing infrastructure that was originally built during the Manhattan Project era.
What do the Seahawks and Mariners have to do with Hanford site cleanup? Well, much like our local teams, the Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) carries a championship mindset into our environmental remediation mission to ensure the protection of the Columbia River corridor and Central Plateau.
The vitrification milestone represents a transition from readiness to results – and marks the beginning of sustained waste treatment at one of the most complex environmental cleanup facilities ever built.
The first stainless steel containers containing treated wasted are now permanently stored at a designated special disposal facility on the Hanford site.
One of the primary Hanford site contractors has paid millions of dollars to the departments of Justice and Energy as part of a settlement resolving allegations of fraudulently overcharging DOE for labor costs.
Federal officials are pushing to have more of the hazardous waste at the Hanford site treated by a cheaper and faster method than solidifying it in a glass form at the now operating Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.
Two state lawmakers serving communities in and near the Tri-Cities are hoping the state will take advantage of the U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts to establish sites around the country that support all aspects of the nuclear industry, from fuel production to waste storage.
A U.S. company that a year ago revealed its plans to potentially make Richland one of its hubs for nuclear fuel production will use a dormant Hanford site facility located southwest of Energy Northwest as part of that effort.
