The Department of Energy’s Hanford Advisory Board (HAB) is looking for new members to help provide nuclear cleanup advice for the former plutonium production complex at Richland, Wash.
Formed in 1994, HAB predates most other DOE Office of Environmental Management Advisory Boards. The panel provides “informed recommendations” to not only DOE but also the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington state Department of Ecology, according to a Tuesday press release.
Applications are due no later than Feb. 6. and should be emailed to HABMembership@rl.gov.
Membership terms will begin on Oct. 1, 2026, and run for two years. The board meets quarterly and
The HAB has a total of 38 seats, according to a state spokesperson. Many of those seats also have the option to have an alternate member that can represent the seat when the primary is unavailable.