September 2011

September 28, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Demolition of a Coal-Fired Power House (284W)
Contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company used Recovery Act funding to complete demolition of the second of two 50,000-square-foot, coal-burning power houses in Hanford’s 200 Area in September 2011.


September 15, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Third Video Chapter of Hanford Story Released
This chapter of The Hanford Story is dedicated to the thousands of workers who turned a $2 billion investment of American Recovery and Reinvestment Funds in 2009 into approx. $3.6 billion worth of work completed safely.


September 09, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Hanford Waste Treatment Plant receives and sets key bridge crane in High-Level Waste Facility
Crews at the Waste Treatment Plan recently received and set a bridge crane that is key to progressing construction of the High-Level Waste Facility.


September 09, 2011
Office of River Protection Manager Scott Samuelson’s tank waste cleanup update to the Hanford Advisory Board



September 09, 2011
1,200 To Attend DOE Safety Workshop
Integrated Safety Management (ISM) Workshop Features Nationally Renowned Speakers


September 07, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Congressmen Hastings and Shimkus Tour Hanford
While at Hanford, Hastings and Shimkus visited C Tank Farm and Waste Treatment Plant project, and received updates on tank waste cleanup activities.


September 01, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Hanford Waste Treatment Plant awards large-scale testing subcontract to local engineering firm
EnergySolutions Federal EPC, Inc. of Richland, Wash. was awarded the subcontract to build the platform and perform the testing that will be used to confirm the plant's mixing design.


September 01, 2011
UPDATE: Hanford Tank Waste Recovery Act Report
Washington River Protection Solutions Tank Waste Recovery Act Report (August 2011)


September 01, 2011
VIDEO: Hanford Communities Issue Briefing on Tank Farms