The Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is well into its third year of operations at Hanford, and our team is proudly making substantial strides in achieving our cleanup priorities at the site. Our overarching strategic plan, VISION 2028, provides a five-year roadmap that defines our key objectives to support the...
Editor’s note: Valerie McCain submitted this column before she died on March 26 after a short illness.It has been an exciting and challenging year at the Hanford Waste Tank Treatment and Immobilization Plant, also known as the vit plant, as we move closer to turning low-activity waste from Hanford’s large...
Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) continues to improve upon our role as the Hanford sitewide integrator, providing what is in the best interest of the government and taxpayers. This past year, we capitalized on opportunities to continue providing the fundamentals and foundation that enable the cleanup mission to move forward...
What a year! I joined the Washington River Protection Solutions team in March 2022. I was told before I accepted the position that the WRPS team is second to none – and I’ve found that to be true. I’m honored to play a very small role on the stellar team...
HPMC Occupational Medical Services (HPMC OMS) is managed by HPM Corporation, a local, woman-owned business that provides specialized services to federal government clients and their contractors at the Hanford site.Founded in 2001, HPM Corporation is a multi-disciplinary organization that provides programs in occupational medicine, environmental safety and health, risk communication,...
It’s been about two years since Hanford Laboratory Management and Integration LLC (HLMI) took over as a new prime contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in April 2021. To support DOE’s Hanford cleanup mission, HLMI assumed sole responsibility for the operation of the 222-S Laboratory, a full-service accredited...
What keeps business owners up at night?It’s probably no surprise that inflation tops the list for Washington employers. That’s according to an Association of Washington Business members survey conducted in late December and early January. Sixty-nine percent of survey participants saw it as a major challenge.But a close second, at...
If ever there was a time for building up Washington’s rainy-day reserves, this is it.Warning signs continue to flash on an economy that has endured unprecedented stress during the last three years. Inflation remains stubbornly high after months of interest rate hikes. Concern about a potential recession is growing stronger...
In the race to “electrify everything,” there are glitches that may derail the plan over the next 20 years. One is a shortage of skilled electrical workers needed to rewire homes, make grid modifications, and install new electrical capacity.President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, signed in August, contains billions of...
Viewed from the perspective of one year to another, very little changes in a community’s demographics. Viewed from the perch of a decade or two, demographic change is usually easy to spot. So it is with race and ethnicity in the greater Tri-Cities.Consider the size of population of people of...
