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DOE manager updates West Richland council on Hanford cleanup progress and timeline
Summary
Brian Vance, manager of Hanford–Richland operations, told the West Richland City Council that Hanford’s cleanup has made measurable progress and described plans to begin vitrifying low-activity tank waste in 2025; he said site completion remains decades away with an approximate target of 2080–2090.
Brian Vance, manager of Hanford–Richland operations for the U.S. Department of Energy, told the West Richland City Council on July 16 that the Hanford cleanup has advanced across multiple fronts but will remain a multi‑decade effort.
Vance said the site — established during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project — shifted to an environmental cleanup mission in 1989 and has received roughly $66 billion from the federal government since then. He described the site’s scale and staffing: a 580‑square‑mile footprint, about 13,000 people on site as of January, six prime contractors and thousands of subcontractors.
Vance outlined the Hanford program’s five priorities: workforce health and safety, the transition from construction to operations,…
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