The Evironmental Management Office of River Protection, through the US Energy Department, announced that work has begun on the final single shell tank farm on the Hanford Site.
Sequestration and automatic budget cuts forced Hanford contractors to lay off 235 workers Monday.The job cuts were mostly union positions, but did include 27 non-union workers.
Some jobs were saved due to union workers volunteering to take off time in an agreement proposed by the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council...