Washington Closure begins to plan end of its Hanford work | Tri-City Herald
Washington Closure begins to plan end of its Hanford work
HANFORD — With well more than half of Washington Closure Hanford's work complete, the contractor is beginning to make plans for the end of most environmental cleanup at Hanford along the Columbia River.
It's making sure that workers are prepared for their jobs to end during the next five years and that plans are made for the transition of office buildings, utilities and the central Hanford landfill.
Washington Closure holds the first and only closure contract at Hanford. When it expires, the Department of Energy expects most work to be completed. There should be no need to rebid the contract and roll most workers over to a new company, as usually happens with Hanford's environmental cleanup contracts.
Washington Closure faces a deadline of Sept. 30, 2015, to complete its work, but believes that most work, other than three projects with difficult technical challenges, will be completed well before then.