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The Department of Energy awarded a contract worth $4.5 billion Thursday to CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. for cleaning up central Hanford. Work resumes 10 months after hazardous spill at Hanford Work resumed Tuesday to empty Hanford's oldest tanks of radioactive waste more than 10 months after a spill of waste during pumping stopped most retrieval last summer. Hanford worker dies day before ruling in lawsuit A worker who was splashed with radioactive waste at Hanford in 2002 died this week of cancer, a day before a court ruling in his lawsuit against a Hanford contractor. Another fine issued over tank spill CH2M Hill Hanford Group will spend $30,800 to resolve a new fine issued by the Environmental Protection Agency against the Department of Energy and its contractor for delays in notification of a radioactive tank waste spill last summer. DOE fines CH2M Hill $302,500 for tank spill at Hanford The Department of Energy is fining CH2M Hill Hanford Group $302,500 for safety violations related to last summer's spill of radioactive waste at the Hanford tank farms. New team wins $7.1 billion Hanford tank farm contract A new contracting team headed by URS Corp.'s Washington Division and Workers probe drop in waste level in tank at Hanford Hanford workers are investigating the possibility of a recent leak at one of the nuclear reservation's underground tanks of high-level waste after an unexplained drop in the contents of Tank SX-104. CH2M Hill Hanford receives safety award CH2M Hill Hanford Group has been recognized for its safety culture with a Safety that Soars award from Industrial Safety and Hygiene News, a 70,000-circulation magazine for safety, health and industrial hygiene professionals. Tank spill funds to stay in Mid-Columbia Part of a fine for a spill of radioactive tank waste at Hanford will stay in the community to improve public and Hanford worker safety instead of going to Olympia. CH2M Hill recognized for pollution prevention A little less hazardous and radioactive waste will end up in Hanford landfills thanks to the initiative of workers at CH2M Hill Hanford Group. Lab recognized for quality performance The CH2M Hill Hanford Group team that operates the Hanford 222-S Laboratory has been recertified for Voluntary Protection Program star status. State signs off on 5 Hanford tanks Hanford workers have retrieved as much waste as possible from the first five single-shell tanks at Hanford until the tanks are ready to be closed, the state of Washington has confirmed. Lab recognized for safety The CH2M Hill Hanford Group team that operates the Hanford 222-S Laboratory has been recertified for Voluntary Protection Program star status. CH2M Hill makes Fortune top 100 list of employers CH2M Hill has been named one of the 100 best companies to work for by Fortune magazine. Tank workers may be respirator-free Hanford workers may soon go back into part of the tank farms without wearing supplied air respirators to protect them from vapors emitted from underground tanks of nuclear waste. |
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