Why are deactivation and demolition activities occurring while PNNL staff are still working in the 300 Area?
• Cleaning up the 300 Area by 2012 is a requirement of the Tri-Party Agreement between DOE, the state of Washington and the Environmental Protection Agency. It also is a requirement of the DOE River Corridor Closure Contract with Washington Closure Hanford. To meet the established date for cleanup, work must start now. • Unfortunately, PNNL does not have replacement office and laboratory space available right now. Until the new facility space being built as part of the Research Campus of the Future is available for occupancy, PNNL must safely co-exist in the 300 Area with the ongoing Hanford cleanup activities. • The River Corridor Closure contractor, Washington Closure Hanford, is working with PNNL to minimize the impacts to staff. WCH will focus its early activities on taking buildings down to ground level, and not begin below-grade contaminated waste site remediation in earnest until later in the schedule when few, if any, PNNL staff remain in the 300 Area.
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