End State-Driven Strategies  |  Goal 1  |  Goal 2  |  Goal 3  |  Goal 4  |  Goal 5  |  Goal 6  |  Goal 7  |  Goal 8
Goal 2: Reduce risk in the Central Plateau

Reduce hazards and risks to eliminate threats to workers and disruption to the site cleanup mission. Objectives that support this goal include the following:

• Complete construction of the Capsule Storage Area and remove 1,936 Cesium/Strontium capsules to long-term dry storage, which safely immobilizes more than 40% of the radioactive curies at the Hanford Site while they decay
• Complete modifications to the Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility and, following capsule transfer, deactivate the facility for cost-efficient, long-term surveillance
• Remediate industrial and radioactive facilities and contaminated waste sites within the 200 East and 200 West Areas, including the final at-risk production facilities
• Complete soil remediation at sites in the Outer Area (600 area) of the Hanford Site, shrinking the cleanup footprint to the condensed Central Plateau
• Complete disposition of PUREX tank farms and pump houses
• Complete removal of REDOX plutonium removal hood and install clean ventilation
• Complete a remediation activity work plan and other regulatory action documents for the Fast Flux Test Facility to allow for final site cleanup and turnover

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