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9 PFP workers checked for radioactive exposure

Nine workers at the Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant are being checked as a precaution to determine whether they may have breathed in radioactive material.

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Audit criticizes management of $5.6 billion Hanford contract

The contract for CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. at Hanford was not aligned with required environmental cleanup work for three years, according to results of a Department of Energy Office of Inspector General audit.
LOCAL NEWS

Huge glovebox pulled from Hanford's Plutonium Finishing Plant

Hanford workers have pulled the largest plutonium-tainted glovebox yet out of the Plutonium Finishing Plant.
CH2M HILL

CH2M Hill notified of problems in enforcement letter

CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. has received an enforcement letter for having inadequate controls over radioactive material at Hanford from the Department of Energy Office of Health, Safety and Security.
CH2M HILL

Layoffs at Hanford to be fewer than expected

CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. will hold its layoffs in September to 200 or fewer Hanford workers, it told workers Thursday.
LOCAL NEWS

First batch of sludge from Hanford's K West Basin removed

Hanford workers moved the first batch of highly radioactive sludge from the K West Basin near the Columbia River to central Hanford for storage Friday.
HANFORD NEWS

Hanford employee accused of time card fraud

A fifth former employee of CH2M Hill Hanford Group has been accused in federal court of submitting false time cards claiming pay for hours not worked at the Hanford tank farms.
HANFORD NEWS

Central Hanford cleanup leader to leave

John Lehew, who has led central Hanford environmental cleanup for the past four years, will be leaving the nuclear reservation, he told employees Thursday.
CH2M HILL

Highly radioactive underwater capsules at Hanford are moved

Hanford workers have moved more than a third of the highly radioactive capsules kept underwater in central Hanford after the Fukushima nuclear disaster increased attention on preventive measures.
CH2M HILL

CH2M Hill Hanford contract to be extended

The Department of Energy notified CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. on Wednesday that it plans to extend its contract for five years.
CH2M HILL

CH2M Hill plans up to 400 job cuts before late September

The Department of Energy's central Hanford contractor plans to cut up to 400 positions between now and late September, CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. told workers Thursday afternoon.