RICHLAND — The federal government has awarded a new $4 billion contract to provide some services on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland.
The Tri-City Herald reports the five-year contract was awarded Thursday to a company called Hanford Mission Integration Solutions. That company was one of three to bid on the contract that pays for services such as security, firefighting, land management, roads and other needs on the sprawling Hanford site.
The federal government spends about $2.5 billion a year for environmental cleanup of the Hanford site, with most of the work done by private contractors.
Hanford was created during World War II and for decades made plutonium for nuclear weapons. The site is now engaged in a massive cleanup of the resulting nuclear wastes.
