Hanford

The Hanford site serves as a key piece of the Tri-City economy.  Our special coverage takes a closer look at Hanford’s workforce, cleanup efforts and costs, and the status of key projects, including the massive vitrification plant currently under construction at the 586-square-mile site in our backyard.

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Hanford Briefs – April 2023

California company buys Hanford contractor A California-based occupational health, wellness and absence management company has acquired HPM Corp. (HPMC), the prime medical services contractor at...
Rory Langdon, a junior at Columbia Basin College, credits the Pathways to Hanford program with helping him land an internship with a  Hanford contractor. (Photo by Sara Schilling)

Columbia Basin College program puts students on path to Hanford jobs

Rory Langdon was sending out his resume to possible employers, on the hunt for an internship.   But the junior in the cybersecurity program at Columbia...
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Vit plant’s ‘incredible leader’ dies

Valerie McCain, a Bechtel senior vice president and project director of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, better known as the vit plant, died March...
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Hanford teamwork continues to lead to transformation

I’m proud of the work the One Hanford Team has done over the last year and of the ambitious plans we’re putting into action to...
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Funding and permitting top Hanford cleanup priorities

We’ve seen a full year of success, collaboration and progress at the Hanford site. This year will mark 34 years of cleaning up one of...
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HAB: What is it and why should you care?

On Jan. 24, 1994, just over 29 years ago, John Wagoner, then manager of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Richland Operations Office, provided the...
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Protecting Columbia River ecosystem is highest priority

The largest environmental cleanup in the western hemisphere is located at Hanford north of Oregon on the Columbia River. The processes that produced the plutonium...
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This is the place for new energy missions 

As Hanford’s cleanup progresses, the Tri-Cities is again positioned to be a part of history by leading the nation’s transition to a net-zero economy.  This...