Development of an in-demand industrial park north of Pasco is picking up speed with plans to begin the first phase for a rail track and a partnership with a new tenant to pursue joint loan and grant funding to expand the water system.

Several technologies developed at or in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland will receive part of $35 million in federal funding to move them to the marketplace. 

A veteran nuclear leader finds himself part of another watershed moment in the industry as the new site leader for Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility, located not far from the Hanford site.

An expansion of a manufacturer’s Richland facility nearly two years in the making is almost ready to come online with nearly double the workforce.

Our Oregon neighbors want the public to see how an industrial park is contributing to its growth and what may lie in store for the future. 

Once the new Pasco facility is fully operational, it will be able to process up to 8 million pounds of milk a day –equivalent to 930,233 gallons – to produce butter and powdered milk products for domestic and global markets. 

The Port of Pasco has selected the consultant that will help inform efforts to revitalize Connell’s economy after Lamb Weston closed its production facility there.

Avalanche Energy hopes to start construction on its Richland fusion test facility, to be called FusionWERX, this summer.

Construction of a $175 million insulation manufacturing plant planned at Wallula Gap is on the horizon and the company behind it is seeing strong interest from contractors wanting to help build it.

Framatome plans to double the size of its Richland facility, building it on an agricultural field it owns adjacent to the campus, to produce the next generation of fuel arrays that will power nuclear reactors, a project estimated to cost $300 million to $400 million.