Carol Johnson is set to retire as President of Washington Closure Hanford at the end of this year. Johnson has headed the URS-led River Corridor cleanup contractor for the past three years, during which WCH “sustained strong performance and numerous accomplishments,” according to a message David Pethick, General Manager for URS’ Global Management and Operations Services Group, sent to employees yesterday. “She and her team have definitely positioned WCH to accept additional scope and complete the closure project successfully while saving taxpayers more than $300 million in cleanup costs,” Pethick said. URS is set to “immediately” begin searching for a replacement for Johnson at WCH, Pethick said, adding that the process is expected to take “several weeks” to complete.
WASH. CLOSURE HANFORD PRESIDENT TO RETIRE DEC. 31
Wrap up: EM removes uranium mill tailings near Moab; SRPPF new gloveboxes; Holtec pauses fuel loading at Palisades
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has removed 17 million tons of uranium mill tailings from the banks of the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, the agency said in a newsletter this week. Since 2009, crews have transported the tailings by rail to an engineered disposal cell about 30 miles away in Crescent […]