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    <title>Hanford Web Site What's New</title>
    <link>http://www.hanford.gov/pageAction.cfm/Whatsnew</link>
    <description>Hanford Web Site What's New</description>
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      <title>Advice and Responses</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/?page=453</link>
      <description>&amp;nbsp;&#xD;
As of January 1998, responses to Board Advice will be linked from this page. To request Responses to Advice issued prior to that date, please contact the Board via e-mail to the address listed at the bottom of this page or call 509-942-1906.&#xD;
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            Advice Letters&#xD;
            Response to Advice&#xD;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hanford ARRA Weekly Reports</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/RecoveryWeeklyReports</link>
      <description>Weekly reports from prime contractors to the Department of Energy&amp;rsquo;s Richland Operations Office are being posted on this page on a regular basis. The reports contain information, as well as photos, that describe environmental cleanup activities funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at the Hanford Site. New reports are usually posted by Thursday of each week. If you have any questions about the work, we encourage you to visit the Frequ</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Outgoing Board Correspondence</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/?page=454</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Agreement</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/?page=81</link>
      <description>Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order&#xD;
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United States Environmental Protection Agency&#xD;
United States Department of Energy&#xD;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Action Plan</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/?page=82</link>
      <description>&amp;nbsp;&#xD;
Executive Summary&#xD;
1.0 Introduction &#xD;
1.1 Purpose&#xD;
1.2 Regulatory Authorities&#xD;
1.3 Organization of Action Plan&#xD;
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2.0 Milestones&#xD;
2.1 Introduction&#xD;
2.2 Disposal of Tank Waste&#xD;
2.3 Cleanup of Past-Practice Units&#xD;
2.4 RCRA a</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Calendar</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/?page=455</link>
      <description>2010 Calendar [PDF]&#xD;
    2010 Calendar Overview [PDF]&#xD;
    2010 HAB Meeting Schedule and Hotel Information&amp;nbsp;[PDF]&#xD;
    2009 Calendar [PDF]&#xD;
    2009 HAB Meeting Schedule and Hotel</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>222-S Laboratory</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/222-SLaboratory</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CERCLA Five-Year Review</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/CERCLA</link>
      <description>&amp;nbsp;&#xD;
THIRD CERCLA FIVE-YEAR REVIEW ANNOUNCED &#xD;
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On March 8, 2010, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent to conduct the&amp;nbsp;third Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)&amp;nbsp;Five-Year&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;Report for the&amp;nbsp;Hanford&amp;nbsp;site starting on April 12, 2010. The assessment and communication plan for the proposed review can be accessed by cl</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Waste Treatment Plant</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/WTP</link>
      <description>Covering approximately 65 acres, building Hanford&amp;rsquo;s Waste Treatment Plant is one of the largest environmental cleanup construction projects in the world.&amp;nbsp; Also known as the Vitrification or &amp;ldquo;Vit&amp;rdquo; Plant, the facilities making up this mammoth complex will be used to turn the 53,000,000 gallons of radioactive and chemical wastes generated during Hanford&amp;rsquo;s plutonium production mission into a stable glass form for permanent disposal.&#xD;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Advanced Technologies and Laboratories</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/ATL</link>
      <description>One of the contractors for the Office of River Protection, Advanced Technologies and Laboratories (ATL) technicians test some 25,000 samples of materials in support of the Hanford cleanup mission every year.&amp;nbsp; ATL has a laboratory in the 200 West Area of the Site where they will receive, handle, test, analyze, and store samples that come in</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Silver Award</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/SilverAward</link>
      <description>Recognition is provided through monetary, non-monetary, and honorary incentives. Criteria reinforcing a quality work ethic are used to award incentives, i.e., Teamwork, Improved Processes, Customer Satisfaction, Environmental Excellence, Leadership, Cost Savings, and Safety. An employee may receive multiple recognition and awards throughout the year, but employees should be recognized only once for an accomplishment. A combination of awards may be used for a single recognition provided that t</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gold Awards</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/GoldAwards</link>
      <description>Recognition is provided through monetary, non-monetary, and honorary incentives. Criteria reinforcing a quality work ethic are used to award incentives, i.e., Teamwork, Improved Processes, Customer Satisfaction, Environmental Excellence, Leadership, Cost Savings, and Safety. An employee may receive multiple recognition and awards throughout the year, but employees should be recognized only once for an accomplishment. A combination of awards may be used for a single recognition provided that t</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Recognition and Awards Program</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/RecognitionAwardsProgram</link>
      <description>Welcome to DOE Human Resources Management Division Recognition and Awards Program &#xD;
Recognition is provided through monetary, non-monetary, and honorary incentives. Criteria reinforcing a quality work ethic are used to award incentives, i.e., Teamwork, Improved Processes, Customer Satisfaction, Environmental Excellence, Leadership, Cost Savings, and Safety. An employee may receive multiple recognition and awards throughout the ye</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Washington River Protection Solutions</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/WRPS</link>
      <description>The operation of maintaining the underground waste storage tanks at Hanford falls under the jurisdiction of Washington River Protection Services (WRPS).&amp;nbsp; This organization is responsible for retrieving, treating, storing, and ultimately disposing of the approximately 53,000,000 gallons of nuclear and chemical waste stored in these tanks at the Site</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Washington Closure Hanford</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/WashingtonClosureHanford</link>
      <description>The prime contractor for environmental restoration at Hanford is Washington Closure Hanford (WCH).&amp;nbsp; WCH workers are responsible for cleaning up waste sites at Hanford, decontaminating and decommissioning former plutonium production nuclear reactors and surplus facilities, and disposing of contaminated waste.&amp;nbsp;&#xD;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mission Support Alliance</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/MSA</link>
      <description>In August of 2009, the team of Lockheed Martin, Jacobs Engineering Group, and Wackenhut Services, Incorporated took over as the prime contractor overseeing Hanford&amp;rsquo;s Mission Support Contract.&amp;nbsp; Called the Mission Support Alliance, these three companies are in charge of Site safety, security, and environment, infrastructure and utilities, business managemen</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CH2M-Hill Plateau Remediation Company</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/CH2M-Hill</link>
      <description>The CH2M-Hill Plateau Remediation Company is the prime maintenance and operations contractor for the Richland Operations Office at Hanford.&amp;nbsp; CHPRC is responsible for projects including the demolition of the five chemical processing plants on the Site, the storage of spent nuclear fuel, and some of the River Corridor work including gr</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bechtel National, Inc.</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/BechtelNationalInc</link>
      <description>Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI), one of the prime contractors for DOE&amp;rsquo;s Office of River Protection at Hanford, is charged with the design, construction, and start up of the Waste Treatment Plant at the Site.&amp;nbsp; This mammoth construction project is the largest of its kind in the world.&amp;nbsp; When complete, the Waste Treatment Plant will be used to transform the 53,000,</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AdvanceMed Hanford</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/AdvanceMedHanford</link>
      <description>AdvanceMed Hanford (AMH) provides occupational medical services to Department of Energy and to Hanford employees.&amp;nbsp; AdvanceMed has clinics in Richland and the 200-West Area of the Site and is responsible for the health and safety needs of more than 10,000 Hanford workers.&amp;nbsp;&#xD;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Representatives</title>
      <link>http://www.hanford.gov/files.cfm/WC_Hanford_Workers_Compensation_Representatives_.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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