What is the 300 Area of Hanford?
• Hanford’s 300 Area is a Manhattan Project and Cold War era legacy on the south end of the Hanford Site that is comprised of aging facilities, mostly built in the 1950s. • The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is responsible for the ultimate decontamination and demolition of these facilities as part of its overall mission to clean up Hanford. EM has initiated actions to accelerate this activity to reduce costs and speed cleanup in the 300 Area. • Under this accelerated schedule, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) must vacate facilities it still occupies in the 300 Area.
