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    <title>Hanford News</title>
    <link>http://www.hanford.gov/pageAction.cfm/newsFlash</link>
    <description>Hanford News</description>
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      <title>Fact Sheet on New Groundwater Treatment Facility</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/CHPRC1003-09 DX P&amp;T Fact Sheet.pdf</link>
      <description>DOE contractor CH2M HILL PLateau Remediation Company is building a new groundwater treatment facility near the D Reactors on the Hanford Site. This fact sheet describes this Recovery Act funded project and expected benefits.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:26:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Contractor Recovery Act Update, March 12, 2010</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/ARRA NEWS UPDATE_3-12-10[1].pdf</link>
      <description>DOE Contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company produces a weekly newsletter with information on projects funded by the Recovery Act.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:25:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Federal Workers a Resource, Not a Target</title>
      <link>http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/TriCityHerald/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=VENILzIwMTAvMDMvMTA.&amp;pageno=Nw..&amp;entity=QXIwMDcwMw..&amp;view=ZW50aXR5</link>
      <description>This opinion editorial by the president of the Partnership for Public Service talks about myths and facts of civil service, with Frazer Lockhart of DOE's Environmental Management Program cited in the article.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:40:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hanford WiMAX Featured as Project of the Month</title>
      <link>http://www.em.doe.gov/Pages/EMHome.aspx?fmode=em</link>
      <description>The WiMAX based communications structure at Hanford is featured as a Project of the Month on the DOE Office of Environmental Management website.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:08:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hanford Site Tour Seats Fill Up</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/HanfordSiteTours</link>
      <description>All 2,544 seats for 60 Hanford Site tours filled up in 13 hours and 9 minutes yesterday. If you still want to tour, check the registration page occasionally. Seats typically become available as people's plans change. Also, web registration for B Reactor only tours begins 12:01 a.m. on March 16.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:21:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Online Registration Dates Set for Hanford Public Tours</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/Press -- Public Tour Registration 2010.pdf</link>
      <description>Hanford sitewide public tours and B Reactor-specific tour registration days announced</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:54:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Contractor Recovery Act Newsletter, March 5, 2010 Edition</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/ARRA NEWS UPDATE_3-5-10[1].pdf</link>
      <description>DOE Contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company produces a weekly newsletter with information on projects funded by the Recovery Act.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:34:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ERDF Sets Disposal Record Thanks to Recovery Act</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/E1002033_1.pdf</link>
      <description>On March 3, 2010, a record 485 trucks disposed of cleanup waste at Hanford?s engineered landfill in one day thanks to improvements made at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility using Recovery Act funding.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:28:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Notice of Upcoming Comment Period</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/3.2.10Notice.pdf</link>
      <description>This notice announces an upcoming comment period on proposed changes to cleanup of Hanford's Central Plateau, formerly the main processing area of the site, in the Tri-Party Agreement between DOE, U.S. EPA, and the Washington State Department of Ecology.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:34:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DOE National Small Business Conference and Local Bridging Partnerships</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/2010_Save_the_Date_NEW_Rev_Jan25_.pdf</link>
      <description>Attendees will learn about government contracting with representation from Hanford Prime Contractors, &#xD;
Site Contractors, Tri-Cities Area Ports, municipalities, and state &amp; federal agencies.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Contractor Recovery Act Update Newsletter</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/ARRA NEWS UPDATE_2-26-10[1].pdf</link>
      <description>DOE Contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company produces a weekly newsletter with information on projects funded by the Recovery Act.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:40:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Letter from DOE to Contractor about ISMS and Waste Retrieval</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/10-OOD-0033_-_ISMS Verification.pdf</link>
      <description>This link takes you to the letter DOE sent to CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company that was mentioned in today's Tri-City Herald article on the Waste Retrieval Project and the Integrated Safety Management System.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:10:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fact Sheet with Updates on Recovery Act Spending and Jobs</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/ARRAHanfordJanUpdate.pdf</link>
      <description>The fact sheet on Recovery Act funding and jobs created at the Hanford Site has been updated with information through the end of January 2010. For more information on Recovery Act funding at Hanford, go to www.hanford.gov/recovery.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:47:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University of Washington Presentation on Hanford</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/UWLegalBriefing-w.pdf</link>
      <description>View a power-point presentation on Hanford?s history and present mission</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:02:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Community Invited to Attend Black History Month Celebrations Hosted by DOE</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/DOE Black History Month.pdf</link>
      <description>Andrea Ivory, a 2009 CNN Hero and breast cancer advocate will speak during the Department of Energy?s local Black History Month celebration.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:17:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hanford Beryllium Program Resources</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/100209FactSheetBeryllium.pdf</link>
      <description>This fact sheet provides an overview of resources available to Hanford Site workers, former workers, and the general public for information on beryllium, including local and national beryllium programs.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:12:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>President's Energy Budget Invests in Innovation, Clean Energy, and National Security Priorities</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/FY 2011 Budget Request - Press Release FINAL.pdf</link>
      <description>U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today detailed President Obama's $28.4 billion Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for DOE. Read the full press release.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:42:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Radioactive Liquid Waste Retrieved from Hanford?s 12th Single-Shell Tank</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/10-005 C-104 Retrievals.pdf</link>
      <description>Washington River Protection Solutions has started retrieving waste from another of Hanford?s aging single-shell tanks, making it the 12th such tank to undergo waste retrieval. Click to view the full press release.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:19:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Recovery Act Jobs Count Changes at Hanford</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/100115BackgrounderARRAJobs.pdf</link>
      <description>The Hanford Site has implemented new guidance from the Department of Energy?s Office of Environmental Management (EM) on what to include in job creation figures for Recovery Act funding. This backgrounder explains why Hanford's job creation number has gone down.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Photo Gallery of Demolition of 100 K Water Treatment Facilities</title>
      <link>http://www.tri-cityherald.com/galleries/gallery/853070-a853063-t3.html</link>
      <description>The Tri-City Herald posted a photo gallery of demolition of water treatment facilities at the 100 K Area, as well as a tour of a tunnel with piping that provided water to Hanford's K West Reactor in the 1950s-1970s.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:55:06 GMT</pubDate>
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