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May 22, 2007

Full construction to resume in 4 months on $12.2B Hanford plant

RICHLAND, Benton County (AP) — More than 300 workers will be added as Bechtel National prepares to resume full construction of a huge nuclear waste processing plant in about four months, officials said.

Many if not most of the additional employees may work in other states on design of the long-awaited $12.2 billion vitrification plant, which is supposed to convert highly toxic radioactive waste sludge at the Hanford nuclear reservation to glass-like logs for long-term storage, company officials told the Tri-City Herald.


 
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