Recovery Work Updates
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Recovery Act Jobs
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Recovery.gov Prime Contractor plus Subcontractor Jobs 1
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Lives Touched2
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DOE Richland Operations Office
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3,290
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10,453
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DOE Office of River Protection
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424
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2,953
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Hanford Total
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3,714
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13,406
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1 Reported as full-time equivalents(FTEs):Converts hours worked during the latest quarter (July – Sept. 2011) to the estimated number of jobs if all were full-time and completely funded by the Recovery Act.
2 DOE Office of Environmental Management Headcount (Lives Touched): The total number of people that have ever had a job at least partially funded by the Recovery Act since funding was received in April 2009 through the end of September 2011. |
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Funding Received and Spent*
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Funding Received
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Funding Spent
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DOE Office of River Protection
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$326,035,000
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$313,577,729
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DOE Richland Operations Office
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$1,634,500,000
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$1,459,423,508
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Hanford Total
*Through September 2011
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$1,960,535,000
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$1,773,001,237
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The Department of Energy (DOE) and its Environmental Management Division (DOE-EM) have established web pages to provide information related to the Recovery Act. DOE-EM is responsible for cleanup of DOE sites involved in the nation's nuclear weapons program, including the Hanford Site, a former weapons materials production site.
Department of Energy Recovery Act Website
An overview of DOE’s Recovery Act projects, including funds allocated, awarded, and spent
An overview of all Recovery Act projects aimed at cleaning up the DOE Weapons Complex
Richland Operations Office allocation: Columbia River Corridor (~220 sq. mi.) River Corridor projects selected include demolishing facilities, remediating waste sites, and containing and treating contamination in groundwater. The projects support completing cleanup along the Columbia River and shrinking the active area of cleanup to the center of the Hanford Site (the Central Plateau) by 2015.
Central Plateau, Outer Zone (~65 sq. mi.) Central Plateau Outer Zone projects selected include establishing a regulatory framework for cleanup of the Central Plateau Outer Zone, demolishing facilities, and cleaning up waste sites. These projects support shrinking the active area of cleanup to an even smaller area in the center of the site, the Central Plateau Inner Zone.
Central Plateau, Inner Zone (~10 sq. mi.) Central Plateau Inner Zone projects selected include demolishing facilities, expanding a major treatment system for contaminated groundwater, retrieving and disposing of solid waste, and expanding operations of the site's mixed, low-level radioactive waste disposal facility to allow it to accommodate more trucks hauling cleanup debris from across the site. These projects support containing contamination on the Central Plateau to keep it from moving toward the Columbia River, reducing long-term cleanup costs by demolishing facilities sooner, and increasing solid waste and disposal facility operations to support additional cleanup activities across the site.
Office of River Protection allocation: Priority projects for the DOE Office of River Protection will focus on upgrading the tank farm and support facility infrastructure necessary to provide the tank waste feed from the tank farms to the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant beginning in 2019. |
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. The Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression, and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need.
http://www.recovery.gov/