Hanford contractor lays off cleanup workers

KENNEWICK -- Fluor Hanford gave layoff notices to 65 workers today as the number of employees needed by the new central Hanford cleanup contractor becomes clear.

However, which workers will lose their jobs will take some time to become clear because of the “bump and roll” system used at Hanford.

Workers who are laid off may claim the jobs of less-experienced workers who would then lose their jobs.

Employment at the Hanford nuclear reservation remains constant, said Colleen French, spokeswoman for the Department of Energy Hanford Richland Operations Office.

The Hanford reservation had 8,963 workers a year ago and after the layoffs it will have 9,203, she said.

Those who received layoff notices Monday are nuclear chemical operators and radiological control technicians who had done cleanup work for outgoing Hanford contractor Fluor Hanford. They were not given offers by incoming contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co.

The work being done for the Richland Operations Office is requiring more decontamination and demolition workers and fewer nuclear chemical operators, French said.

The Richland Operations Office is responsible for most Hanford work other than construction of the vitrification plant and operation of the underground tank farms holding radioactive waste.

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