http://www.hanford.gov/c.cfm/media/pressRelease.cfm Hanford Press Releases /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/120130SpeakersBureau.pdf Cameron Salony, DOE, to speak to more than 200 students about the history and cleanup of the Hanford Site and demonstrate protective equipment. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:33:01 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/MSAVPPstatusFINAL.pdf Contractor?s mission support services receive top marks for safety in DOE program Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:07:51 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/120125aSpeakersBureau.pdf John Silko, DOE, to speak to more than 200 students about the history and cleanup of the Hanford Site. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:14:41 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/PRESSNaturalGasTaskOrder.pdf Proposal Includes 30-mile Natural Gas Pipeline from Pasco to Hanford Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:50:59 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/DandHWasteSitesMilestones.pdf 1.2 million tons of soil and debris disposed of from D, H Reactor Areas Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:22:52 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/TechnologyImprovementsCloud.pdf Cloud Computing Reduces Costs, Power Consumption Across Site Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:39:12 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/120111SpeakersBureau.pdf The guest speaker will be DOE?s Steve Pfaff, Federal Project Director, Hanford tank waste Supplemental Treatment and Immobilization, Office of River Protection. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:05:47 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/209EDemo121411.pdf One of the most hazardous facilities at Hanford was demolished by contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company following two years of safety preparations Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:16:48 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/VitPlantCompletesConcreteDesignforPTFacility_20111213.pdf The Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Project recently issued the final design detailing the structural concrete for the Pretreatment Facility. The final drawing represents the completion of the facility?s concrete floors and results from more than 15,000 pages of calculations and 500 other drawings. These calculations and drawings provide the details that enable crews to construct the massive concrete structure. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:06:02 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/RecordGWTreated2011.pdf Contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M HILL) announced it set a new record in November for treating the most contaminated groundwater in a month at the Hanford Site. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:38:06 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/Cleanup%20Progress%20at%20Hanford-11-2011.pdf Curious about how much cleanup has been done and how much remains? Check out this updated fact sheet on Hanford cleanup progress. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:42:15 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/VitPlantSetsCarbonBedAdsorber_20111122.pdf Last week, the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant received and placed a key piece of air-filtration equipment in the Low- Activity Waste Facility. The nearly 100-ton carbon bed adsorber is part of a complex air-filtration system that will ensure the facility?s air emissions meet strict environmental regulations and requirements. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:29:28 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/111118PFPVaultDemo.pdf DOE and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company began demolishing a vault complex that once held stores of plutonium for the U.S. nuclear weapons program. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:49:33 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/PTWallsComplete_20111116.pdf Last week, crews at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant finished installing the Pretreatment Facility?s fifth elevation of concrete walls. The fifth elevation reaches 96 feet at the top. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:44:22 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/111114OccMedRFP.pdf The solicitation is for a small-business contractor to perform occupational medical services for the Richland Operations Office and Office of River Protection. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:19:16 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/VitPlantReceivesDeconVessels_20111027.pdf The Waste Treatment Plant received two decontamination vessels that are essential to safely removing glass-filled canisters from the High-Level Waste Facility. The titanium steel vessels weigh 4,200 pounds and measure 2.5 feet in diameter and 18 feet tall. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:05:50 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/111021CHPRC100HX.pdf 100-HX: With a water treatment capacity of 800 gallons per minute, the new system boosts the capacity for treating contaminated groundwater and removing chromium near the Columbia River by 40 percent. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:47:59 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/111007PW136ROD.pdf The agencies have chosen to pursue a combination of alternatives for remediation (including 21 waste sites): retrieving, treating, and disposing of contaminated soil; extracting contamination through an air-handling system; and maintaining a soil barrier over some of the contaminated soil. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:47:06 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/Vit%20Plant%20High-Level%20Waste%20Dampers%2020110921.pdf The Hanford Waste Treatment Plant recently received the first of 32 large nuclear quality dampers for the High-Level Waste Facility. The 1,350-pound dampers are part of the facility?s extensive filter system and will be essential to maintaining contamination boundaries during plant operations. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:09:55 GMT /c.cfm/media/attachments.cfm/DOE/110915ARRAChapterRelease.pdf 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. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:25:33 GMT