U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M HILL) recently completed retrieval of highly radioactive waste from Settler Tubes in Hanford's K West Basin, located approximately 400 yards from the Columbia River at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
The activity supports DOE's sludge treatment project, one of the nation's highest environmental cleanup priorities.
"Capturing the sludge from the settler tubes in the 100-K West Basin will pave the way for complete sludge removal and supports DOE's vision of completing cleanup along the Columbia River by 2015," said Matt McCormick, Manager of the DOE Richland Operations Office.
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