Washington Closure Hanford Extends Disposal Facility Contract

Washington Closure Hanford has awarded the team of Stoller Newport News Nuclear and Wastren Advantage a two-year contract extension to continue daily operation of the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility in central Hanford. The team was awarded the initial contract in early 2013 with a pair of two-year options. The option award announced Friday will bring the contract length to September 2017 and the contract value to up to $65 million. “We are extremely pleased the WCH has chosen to exercise the first option period of our contract,” said Nick Lombardo, president of Stoller Newport News Nuclear. “We believe this reflects the value we have provided to the Hanford Site for safe and compliant operations.” ERDF, a landfill for low level and mixed waste, receives most of the contaminated soil, demolition debris and solid waste from Hanford cleanup activities. Since it opened in 1996, it has disposed of 17 million tons of waste. It is the largest disposal facility in the DOE cleanup complex.